vulgus

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Concedis justas, leges et consuetudines esse tenendas, et promittis per te eas esse protegendas, et ad honorem Dei corroborandas, quas vulgus elegit, secundum vires tuas?

From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander

However much these may catch the attention and awaken the admiration of the ignobile vulgus, they cannot fail to excite any thing but complacency in minds accustomed to the more chaste productions of the pencil.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.

Vindice servabat nullo sua publica vulgus; Iamque in privato pascere inertis erat.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

“Tell it not in Gath” that this charming sanctuary lies hidden away in Derbyshire, come away privately with us and enjoy its beauties undisturbed—“Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.”

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock

Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson