Usually means: Private property of a slave.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. peculium: Merriam-Webster
  2. peculium: Collins English Dictionary
  3. peculium: Wordnik
  4. peculium: Wiktionary
  5. Peculium: Dictionary.com
  6. Peculium: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. peculium: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Peculium: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. peculium: FreeDictionary.org
  10. peculium: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. peculium: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Peculium: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Peculium: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (peculium)

noun:  (law, historical) The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own.
noun:  A special fund for private and personal uses.

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