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
Strangely enough, he seems for the moment to forget that a poet is not compelled always to speak in propria persona.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce
I resolved, therefore, to waive all ceremony, and, trusting to the generosity of my accidental enemy, to return to him in propria persona.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
The professional prophets said, with an excellent assumption of absolute conviction, that it was nothing less awful than the Destroying Angel himself in propria persona.
From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd
She speedily brought me again to the chief’s remembrance, and this time he spoke to me in propria persona, and desired me to accept her.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
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