vulgus

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Ab Arabibus vel ab Indis inventas esse, non vulgus eruditorum modo, sed doctissimi quique ad hanc diem arbitrati sunt.

From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Karpinski, Louis Charles

So Lactantius, "Magi et ii quos verè maleficos vulgus appellat."

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

For the next four weeks you will consort with the profanum vulgus in your House Common Room, where I fancy that bridge and other intellectual pursuits are not much cultivated.

From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian

Horace introduces that series of his Odes which most breathes a national spirit by disclaiming all sympathy with the ‘profanum vulgus.’

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

The successful results naturally attending this treatment were attributed by the ignobile vulgus to the wonderful ointment.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means