vulgus

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This was called "the Vulgate," from the Latin vulgus, "the common people."

From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

The motto was, "Odi profanum vulgus et arceo."

From Public School Education by Müller, Michael

Nam nec ille se in vulgus eduxit ne impii errore liberarcntur, ut et fides, non mediocri praemio destinata, difficultate constaret.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

He gave her his arm, and they vanished from the eyes of the ignobile vulgus.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis

Senatorque vocor, vulgus me poplite curvo, Muneribusque datis veneratur, fronte retecta.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis