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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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"Suffrage" Quotes from Famous Books

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— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... registering Belgian refugees and of providing French and Flemish interpreters was done by a voluntary organization—the London Society for Women's Suffrage (a branch of N.U.W.S.S.), which has always been notable for its admirable organization. It provided 150 interpreters for this work in a few days, and work was carried on at all the London Centres from early morning till midnight. When the Government took over the charge ...

— Women and War Work • Helen Fraser

... be going on now. I have a committee meeting for this afternoon. I can't for the life of me remember whether it's about suffrage — Oh, yes, I marched! — or about some ...

— Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers • Don Marquis

... it was defeated by the timidity, or mistaken notions of economy, of Northern statesmen. In my opinion this defeat accounts for the failure of the policy of reconstruction so far as it has failed. I do not believe that self-government with universal suffrage could be maintained long in any Northern State, or in any country in the world, without ...

— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar

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