/
ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/
n.
- the right to vote in political elections.
▸archaic a vote given for a person or in assent to a proposal.
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(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.