peculiar people

Questions

What does peculiar people mean?

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

Where does peculiar people come from?

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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