coram populo
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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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
Does not even the Roman Horace lay down as a rule the—Nec pueros coram populo Medea trucidet?'
From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Kingsley, Charles
"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)
He turned to Trix and reminded her—without diffidence and coram populo, as his habit was, that she had promised him a stroll in the west wood.
From Comedies of Courtship by Hope, Anthony
In science we think that a teacher who ignores views which have been discussed coram populo for twenty years, is hardly up to the mark.
From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.
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