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
It was some little time, however, before he could be convinced that Paddy Adair in propria persona sat before him.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
Is it her guardian in propria persona who has come to meet her?
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
"Heaven grant it, sweet cousin!" said Adolphus Hesse in propria persona, emerging from behind the window-curtains, where, by some miraculous concatenation of events, he had found himself ensconced for the last hour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
Not fifty yards away, in a sunny opening, lay a mass of brownish fur which could belong to nobody but a bear in propria persona.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Emma G. Moore
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