We have a very peculiar characteristic of our nation. (sciencemag.org)
But perhaps the most peculiar characteristic of nearly all biblical narratives is their «vernacular» nature. (religion-online.org)
Civilized societies do come to manifest various socially peculiar characteristics, in some cases extremely divergent and seemingly strange, as do some Societies, but no social characteristics can ever be more fully exhibited than in the individual persons who enact those peculiarities, and thus the identity of a civilized society is always relative to those enactments. (religion-online.org)