Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n.
   1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a
      prerogative; a characteristic.

            Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South.

   2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is
      exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.

   {Court of Peculiars} (Eng. Law), a branch of the Court of
      Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars.
      --Blackstone.

   {Dean of peculiars}. See under {Dean}, 1.