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单词 peculiar people
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peculiar people


peculiar people

pl n 1. (Christian Churches, other) (sometimes capitals) a small sect of faith healers founded in London in 1838, having no ministers or external organization 2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the Jews considered as God's elect

Peculiar People


Peculiar People,

an alternate rendering for the biblical phrase "chosen people" (of Israel), applied to numerous Protestant dissenting sects such as the Plumstead peculiars. This group, founded in London in 1838 by John Banyard, refused medical treatment as an article of faith.
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