Personae
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Personae like these — and Ray’s always inventive approach to their portraits — make this show more than just a roll call of famous names.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021
In 2008, the Vatican released the “Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions,” a document that updated its older guidance on reproductive technologies.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2019
As Gilpin has dealt with newfound fame and acclaim, she has also developed — Personae Nos.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019
What will members of Bowie’s club make of Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae and novels such as A Clockwork Orange?
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018
A list of characters, it is true, may also affect one with acute anticipations of boredom; but I have never yet found a play less tedious by reason of the suppression of the "Dramatis Personae."
From Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship by Archer, William
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