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  • 61Peculiar Chris — Infobox Book name = Peculiar Chris title orig = translator = image caption = author = Johann S. Lee illustrator = cover artist = country = Singapore language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Cannon International release date = 1992… …

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  • 62Peculiar Patients' Pranks — Infobox Film name = Peculiar Patients Pranks image size = caption = director = Hal Roach producer = Hal Roach writer = Dolly Twist narrator = starring = Harold Lloyd music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 22 December, 1915… …

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  • 63peculiar people — noun plural Etymology: Middle English peculier people, from peculier peculiar 1. : God s own chosen people used by various Christians to emphasize their nonconformity to the world 2. capitalized both Ps : an Evangelical Christian organization… …

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  • 64Peculiar velocity — In physical cosmology, the term peculiar velocity refers to the components of a receding galaxy s velocity that cannot be explained by Hubble s law.According to Hubble, and as verified by many astronomers, a galaxy is receding from us at a speed… …

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  • 65peculiar motion — noun : the actual motion of a star after its observed proper motion and radial velocity are corrected for the effect of the sun s motion * * * peculiar motion see ↑proper motion under ↑proper • • • Main Entry: ↑peculiar …

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  • 66peculiar institution — noun : Negro slavery used formerly of slavery as an institution peculiar to the South …

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  • 67peculiar — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English peculier, from Latin peculiaris of private property, special, from peculium private property, from pecu cattle; akin to Latin pecus cattle more at fee Date: 15th century 1. characteristic of only one person …

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  • 68Peculiar — Parish church owned by a monastery outside the diocese within which the church was, thus outwith the jurisdiction of its local bishop …

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  • 69Peculiar —    s. There were thirteen churches in London termed peculiars, as being exempt from the jurisdiction of the bishopric of London and of the Archdeacon, and subject only to the Archbishop of Canterbury.    These thirteen churches were: All Hallows… …

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  • 70peculiar — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, absurd, anomalous, another, appropriate, appropriate to, arbitrary, atypical, bizarre, categorical, characteristic, characterizing, classificational, classificatory, connotative, contrastive, crank …

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