suf·frage /ˈsʌfrɪʤ, ||fərɪʤ/
投票,選舉權,參政權,代禱
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) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
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.]
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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" [syn: right to
vote, vote]