Suffrage

Definition of Suffrage

Suf´frage

n.	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 short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. 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.
	5.	The right to vote; franchise.
v. t.	1.	To vote for; to elect.

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