vulgus

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Ab Arabibus vel ab Indis inventas esse, non vulgus eruditorum modo, sed doctissimi quique ad hanc diem arbitrati sunt.

From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Karpinski, Louis Charles

Now in the study that night, Tom was the upholder of the traditionary method of vulgus doing.

From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas

As to the profanum vulgus I must incline to the Scotch.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

Horace introduces that series of his Odes which most breathes a national spirit by disclaiming all sympathy with the ‘profanum vulgus.’

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

At the same time the attitude which he adopts towards the profanum vulgus is almost sacerdotal in its claims.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher