Peculiar People

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词形变化

the Peculiar People 复数 only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several Christian sects who have used this biblical description as a self-appellation, as:

    The Quakers.

    仅复数 宗教
  2. 2.

    Any of several Christian sects who have used this biblical description as a self-appellation, as:

    The Amish.

    仅复数 宗教
  3. 3.

    Any of several Christian sects who have used this biblical description as a self-appellation, as:

    A Christian movement, originally an offshoot of the Wesleyan denomination, founded in 1838 in Rochford, Essex.

    历史 仅复数 宗教

词源

In reference to any of several places in the Bible where "a peculiar people", a people set apart from others, is mentioned, such as Deuteronomy 14:2, 1 Peter 2:9, and Titus 2:14: for example, "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth" (Deuteronomy 14:2).

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