suffrage

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈsʌfɹɪdʒ/

Noun

suffrage (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
2. (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
3. The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.

   universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage

4. (US) The right of women to vote.
5. (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
   • Creed of Pope Pius IV

     I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.

6. (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
7. (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
8. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

   • Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.

   • Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.

Synonyms

• (right to vote) franchise

Related terms

• suffragist
• suffragette
• universal suffrage

Translations

• French: suffrage
• German: Stimmrecht, Wahlrecht
• Italian: suffragio
• Portuguese: sufrágio
• Russian: избира́тельное пра́во
• Spanish: sufragio

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