coram populo
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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"And this is a council coram populo," said Winslow smiling.
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)
She sent to Essex for a dairymaid, and set her to churn milk into butter, coram populo, at a certain hour every morning.
From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles
In this remarkable debate coram populo, it seems to me that the defeat of the Home Rulers in argument has been even more complete than their rout at the polling booths.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox
Of late their outbreaks have not been confined to night-work, but take place in open daylight, coram populo et police.
From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell
A Solicitor who does not strive to appear coram populo on terms of quite unnecessarily familiar intercourse with his leading Counsel.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892 by Various
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