coram populo
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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We are in the middle of the discussion to-day, and it would break up steady continuity if we had a premature discussion coram populo.
From Indian speeches (1907-1909) by Morley, John
In the elder play, the Bastard does "the shaking of bags of hoarding abbots," coram populo, and thereby discloses a phase of monastic life judiciously suppressed by Shakspere.
From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred
I did not, of course, tear my hair coram populo over my loss, and she took it for lordly indifference.
From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph
After that I hauled old Stridge on to the balcony again and gave him a congratulatory hand-shake, coram populo, on your behalf.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Hay, Ian
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 Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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