• A royal peculiar is a Church of England parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese and the province in which it lies, and subject to...
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  • a comic strip later published as a book, by cartoonist Richard Sala Royal peculiar, an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction...
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    even without the presence of the sovereign, is Westminster Abbey, a Royal Peculiar. When Queen Elizabeth II visited the United States in 1991, she was...
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    Westminster Abbey (category Royal Peculiars)
    III. The monastery was dissolved in 1559, and the church was made a royal peculiar – a Church of England church, accountable directly to the sovereign...
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    Westmynstre) originated from the informal description of the abbey church and royal peculiar of St Peter's (Westminster Abbey), west of the City of London (until...
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    chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch), and the Chapel...
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    working royal chapels may also be referred to as royal peculiars, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the monarch. The dean of His Majesty's chapels royal is...
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    fullest forms for the most official occasions. Retiring Deans of the Royal Peculiars of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey are customarily...
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    to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth"; 1 Peter 2:9 reads "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood...
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    Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, Greater London. They consist of the dean and several...
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    the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England and is a Royal Peculiar, serving as an informal parish church for the inhabitants and staff...
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    in the Tower after St John's, a smaller royal chapel built into the 11th century White Tower. A royal peculiar, under the jurisdiction of the monarch,...
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    Temple Church (category Royal Peculiars)
    The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built...
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    Savoy Chapel (category Royal Peculiars)
    as such is a Royal Peculiar – outside the jurisdiction of a diocese, but under that of the reigning monarch. It is the chapel of the Royal Victorian Order...
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    of the order lay; and that, in any event, St George's Chapel, as a Royal Peculiar, was not under diocesan jurisdiction. The office of Chancellor was removed...
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    (January 2015). "The Tale of a Fish How Westminster Abbey became a Royal Peculiar" (PDF). Choir Schools' Association. Retrieved 23 September 2021. pixeltocode...
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  • which both belong to the Church of England. (Westminster Abbey is a Royal Peculiar, a church or chapel under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch, while...
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  • Charles George, 2009– A peculiar parish is a parish outside the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it is located, see royal peculiar. Barber, Paul (Winter...
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  • Peculiar motion or peculiar velocity refers to the velocity of an object relative to a rest frame — usually a frame in which the average velocity of some...
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  • chemically peculiar stars (CP stars) are stars with distinctly unusual metal abundances, at least in their surface layers. Chemically peculiar stars are...
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    St Peter's Collegiate Church (category Former Royal Peculiars)
    Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a chapel royal and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the Province...
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    the parties to the intended marriage is in danger of imminent death. Royal Peculiar, a small number of churches which are more closely associated with the...
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    St Mary Undercroft (category Royal Peculiars)
    was made from a single slab of alabaster) designed by Barry. It is a Royal Peculiar chapel – outside the responsibility of any diocesan bishop. The building...
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    of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the abbey's status as a royal peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop...
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    ecclesiastic history, subnational enclaves were known as peculiars (see also royal peculiar). The word exclave is a logically extended back-formation...
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    Royal Hospital and Collegiate Church of St. Katharine by the Tower), established in 1147, next to the Tower of London. The church, a royal peculiar,...
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    Wimborne Minster (church) (category Former Royal Peculiars)
    minster a royal peculiar which exempted it from all diocesan jurisdiction. The choir used to wear scarlet robes, a legacy of this peculiar. Similar robes...
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    Abbey, founded in AD 960, has a particular status and is known as a Royal Peculiar. Although the abbey has been the traditional location for coronations...
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    St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge (category Royal Peculiars)
    labelled the "Cradle of the Reformation". It has been considered a royal peculiar, not belonging to a diocese, but this is disputed. The present church...
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  • century Westminster Abbey Westminster, London, England Rebuilt 1245–1517 Royal Peculiar Grade I listed in 1958 St Peters Church Maidstone, Kent, England 1261...
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