REFERENDUMS

Noun

referendums

plural of referendum

Source: Wiktionary


REFERENDUM

Ref`er*en"dum (rf`r*n"dm), n. Etym: [Gerundive fr. L. referre. See Refer.]

1. A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

2. The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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