About The Word Suffrage
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Suffrage
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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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