When peculiars were abolished (vide infra) the dean of Arches disappeared, and his title, in the 19th century, was erroneously given to the official principal.
The metropolitans had peculiarswithin the dioceses of their comprovincials wherever they had residences or manors, and some whose origin is uncertain, e.
Peculiars were doubtless most subject to abuses, as being often exempt from the oversight and corrective discipline of the diocesan.
Lists of peculiars will be found in the above authorities.
On the scandalous neglect of duty of some holders of peculiars see Dean of York's Visit.
Whittaker's article "On Peculiars with special reference to the Peculiar of Hawarden," in Archit.
The court of Peculiars is no longer held, inasmuch as the peculiars have been placed by acts of parliament under the ordinary jurisdiction of the bishops of the respective dioceses in which they are situated.
Yet no barrister, apparently, dreams of asking for the statistics of the relative case-mortality in diphtheria among the Peculiars and among the believers in doctors, on which alone any valid opinion could be founded.
The Peculiars obey these instructions and dispense with doctors.
When I was a young man, the Peculiars were usually acquitted.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "peculiars" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
