in propria persona
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of in propria persona
1645–55; < Latin: in one's own person
Example Sentences
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As he put it, rather more sweetly, in propria persona: "You marry to continue the conversation."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2012
The next ancient library in point of time yet known to us was gathered in Asia by an Assyrian King, and this collection has actually come down to us, in propria persona.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Hastening from the hated scene of my terrors, I escaped to the parlor, whither I instantly summoned the proprietor of "the Bell" in propria persona.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
Hitherto, because of certain mortgages, the Marquess has not prohibited his daughter visiting here, with the Oppners or Vignoles; but you've forced him, now, to recognise you in propria persona.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
But the countryman called, in propria persona, refreshed his memory, and added, that, if the bill was not footed on sight, he should prosecute him for stealing!
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
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