coram populo

adverb (or adjective)

coram po·pu·lo | \ -¦pōpu̇ˌlō, -päp-, -p(y)əˌ-\

variants: or coram publico \ -¦pu̇blēˌkō , -pəb- , -lə̇ˌ- \

Definition of coram populo

: in public I did not … tear my hair coram populo over my loss— Joseph Conrad

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