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Suffrage

Suffrage Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Suffrage? [n] a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Suffrage: right to vote \| vote Related Terms \| Find terms related to Suffrage: See Also \| franchise Suffrage In Webster's Dictionary \Suf"frage\, n. [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.] \Suf"frage\, v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton.

Suffrage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Suffrage?

[n] a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Suffrage: right to vote | vote

Related Terms | Find terms related to Suffrage:

See Also | franchise

Suffrage In Webster's Dictionary

\Suf"frage\, n. [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.]


\Suf"frage\, v. t.
To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton.

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