coram populo
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Nothing of the detail is softened or abated; the whole is acted out coram populo, with the hard, uncompassionate morality of the age the painter lived in, while the introduction here and there of one or two well-known characters such as Colonel Charteris and Justice Gonson give a vivid reality to the satire.
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Such borrowings take place coram populo, and are in the nature of a public homage.
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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.
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Which is, I take it, the most practical explanation for commandment, which hath been as yet set coram populo.”
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Furthermore, not only should death never be inflicted coram populo, but the various operations of biting, scratching, kissing, eating, sleeping, the bath, and the marriage ceremony should never take place on the stage.
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