vulgus
Example Sentences
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At the same time the attitude which he adopts towards the profanum vulgus is almost sacerdotal in its claims.
From Essays by Arthur Christopher Benson
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 John A. Clark
He was accused, as the idle world always loves to accuse the visionary, of isolating himself from his kind with a muttered odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
He gave her his arm, and they vanished from the eyes of the ignobile vulgus.
From One Year Abroad by Blanche Willis Howard
Moreover, the transformation of religion into a doctrine of the school, or into a mystery cult, always resulted in the distinction of the knowing from the profanum vulgus.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
