/
ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/
n.
  - the right to vote in political elections. 
▸archaic a vote given for a person or in assent to a proposal.
 - 
(suffrages)
 (in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany. 
▸a series of petitions pronounced by the priest with the responses of the congregation.
 ▸archaic intercessory prayers, especially those for the dead.
 
Etymology
ME: from L. suffragium, reinforced by Fr. suffrage.