coram populo

adverb (or adjective)

coram po·​pu·​lo

-¦pōpu̇ˌlō,

-päp-,

-p(y)əˌ-

variants or coram publico

-¦pu̇blēˌkō,

-pəb-,

-lə̇ˌ-

: in public

I did not … tear my hair coram populo over my loss

—Joseph Conrad

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