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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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Latin
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