peculiar people

plural noun

the Jews as being God's chosen people. Deuteronomy 14:2.
(usually initial capital letters) a name adopted by certain fundamentalist Christian sects, signifying their refusal to conform to any rule of conduct that is contrary to the letter or spirit of the Bible.

peculiar people

sometimes capitals a small sect of faith healers founded in London in 1838, having no ministers or external organization
the Jews considered as God's elect

First recorded in 1485–95

He has dwelt in the tents of the Mormonites; has been one of the Peculiar People.

No judgment which came upon God's peculiar people ever made a complete end of the nation.

Such a modification in the social at once sets the members of the crowd off as a "peculiar people."

It is not easy to say what becomes of all these pious bards, who are a marked and peculiar people while they remain in residence.

The main purpose of Israel being made God's peculiar people has failed up to the present hour.

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