POPPY; POPPYHEAD
Pop"py, Pop"py*head`, n. Etym: [F. poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet.]
(Arch.)
Defn: A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.
POPULACE Pop"u*lace, n. Etym: [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People.]
Defn: The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, — comprehending
all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or
profession. Pope.
To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. Daniel.
They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. Tennyson.
Syn.
— Mob; people; commonalty.
POPULACY
Pop"u*la*cy, n.
Defn: Populace. [Obs.] Feltham.
POPULAR Pop"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See People.]
1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. "Popular states." Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." Milton. The commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. J. H. Newman.
2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker.