Rabbinic Criticism of Popular Use
[Similarly,] we learned [in a baraita that] R. Ishmael ben Eleazar says: On account of two sins, ignoramuses [‘amei ha-’arets] die: because they call the Holy Ark [simply] ark, and because they call the synagogue the house of the people.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.