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noun

Suffrage n.

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."

Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. "Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers." "Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine."

(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. "I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful."

Aid; assistance. (A Latinism) (Obs.)

The right to vote; franchise.

verb

Suffrage v. t. To vote for; to elect. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Suffrage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... if the balance of trade is to be perpetually against us. We must find or invent a remedy if republicanism is to survive. The widespread alarm felt among our humbler citizens shows how real the danger is. Take, for instance, the growing distrust of universal suffrage manifested by our cultivated classes. Certain journals, the organs of wealth and monopoly; social-science conventions, composed of pert specialists poisoned by caste feeling; even pulpits, which should be the guardians and exponents of democracy,—cautiously, ...

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