vulgus

American  

[vuhl-guhs] / ˈvʌl gəs /

noun

plural

vulguses

1. the common people; masses.

2. an exercise in Latin formerly required of English public-school pupils.

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Etymology

Origin of vulgus

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1680–90

Example Sentences

Plus aquilis vexilla crucis, plus Caesare Petrus, Plus cinctis ducibus vulgus inerme dedit.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

His poise and verbal brilliance and hieratic commitment to the venerable tradition of classical and Christian ethical thought set the Satirist coolly apart from the profanum vulgus.

From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by Guerinot, J. V. (Joseph V.)

Remembering this, I forbear tying Sellar to odi profanum vulgus.

From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

In these various ways all priests were outwardly shown to be holy men, sacerdotes, marked off from the profanum vulgus.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

Nam nec ille se in vulgus eduxit ne impii errore liberarcntur, ut et fides, non mediocri praemio destinata, difficultate constaret.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)