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The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.uncountableusually
- universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage
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The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.; The right of women to vote.USuncountableusually
- What role did the House of Commons play in the political life of the nation in the aftermath of suffrage? There is surprisingly little historiography to help answer the question.
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A vote in deciding a particular question.countableusually
- But the President himself says that " upon him has been devolved, by the constitution, and the suffrages of the American people, the duty of superintending the operation of the executive departments of the Government,
- Hence, by rendering the suffrages secret in the Roman republic, all was lost; it was no longer possible to direct a populace that sought its own destruction
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A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.countableusually
- 1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), 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.
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A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.countableusually
- Lastly, in this suffrage, we intercede for prisoners and captives; we "remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them."
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Aid, intercession.uncountableusually
- Retoricyons and oratours, in freſhe humanyte Support parrot, I pray you wᵗ your ſuffrage ornate Of confuſe tantum, auoydynge the chekmate
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Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.uncountableusually
- Lactantius and St. Austin are not afraid to confirm by their suffrage the observation made by the heathen writers, that[…]
- Every miracle is the suffrage of heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
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