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SUFFRAGE
Etymology
Noun
suffrage (usually uncountable, plural suffrages)
(uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
(US) The right of women to vote.
The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
(countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
(countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
• Creed of Pope Pius IV
(countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
(uncountable) Aid, intercession.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
Synonyms
• (right to vote): franchise
Anagrams
• gauffers, gauffres, ruffages
Source: Wiktionary
Suf"frage, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break.]
1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. I ask your voices and your suffrages. Shak.
2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. Atterbury. Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. South.
3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. Shipley. I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. Creed of Pope Pius IV.
4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]
Definition: The right to vote; franchise.
Suf"frage, v. t.
Definition: To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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