referenda

noun pl. referendums or referenda

1. ☆
   1. the submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the people, as in superseding or overruling the legislature
   2. the vote itself
2. a note sent by a diplomatic agent to the agent's own government, asking for specific instructions

Origin: ModL < L, a carrying back, ger. or neut. ger. of referre: see refer