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Suffrage is the right to vote in an election. (noun)

An example of suffrage is the right to vote in a political election.

See suffrage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a prayer or act of intercession or supplication
a vote or voting; esp., a vote in favor of some candidate or issue
☆ the right to vote, esp. in political elections; franchise

See suffrage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

suf·frage

noun

a. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
b. The exercise of such a right.
A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office.
A short intercessory prayer.

Origin: Middle English, intercessory prayer, from Old French, from Medieval Latin suffrāgium, from Latin, the right to vote, from suffrāgārī, to express support; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.

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