Peculiar

"As used in the phrase "peculiar people" in 1 Pet. 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 (Eph. 1:14; R.V., "God's own" "possession")."