in absentia

in absentia
{adv. phr.}, {formal} When the person is absent. - Used in graduation exercises when presenting diplomas to an absent student or during a court case. * /On Commencement Day, Joe was sick in bed and the college gave him his bachelor's degree in absentia./ (Latin, meaning "in absence.")

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • absentia — ab|sen|ti|a [æbˈsentiə] n formal [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: abesse; ABSENT1] in absentia when you are not at a court or an official meeting where a decision is made about you …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • absentia — ab|sen|tia [ap...] vgl. ↑in absentia …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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