peculiar people

peculiar people
1. the Jews as being God's chosen people. Deut. 14:2.
2. a name adopted by certain fundamentalist Christian sects, signifying their refusal to conform to any rule of conduct that is contrary to the letter or spirit of the Bible.
[1485-95]

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