a "peculiar" is applied to those ecclesiastical districts, parishes, chapels or churches that are outside the jurisdiction of the bishop and archdeacon of the diocese in which they are situated. they include the separate or "peculiar" jurisdiction of the monarch, another archbishop, bishop or the dean and chapter of a cathedral (also, the knights templar and the knights hospitaller). an "archbishop's peculiar" is subject to the direct jurisdiction of an archbishop and a "royal peculiar" is subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch.