Dict: easton - Peculiar
easton:
Peculiar
@ as used in the phrase "peculiar people" in kjv@1Peter:2:9, is derived from the Lat. peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version ("a people for God's own possession"), a special possession or property. The church is the "property" of God, his "purchased possession" kjv@Ephesians:1:14; R.V., "God's own possession").
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