Suffrage meaning

sŭfrĭj
Suffrage is the right to vote in an election.

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

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The right to vote, esp. in political elections; franchise.
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A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office.
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A short intercessory prayer.
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A prayer or act of intercession or supplication.
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A vote or voting; esp., a vote in favor of some candidate or issue.
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Origin of suffrage

  • Middle English intercessory prayer from Old French from Medieval Latin suffrāgium from Latin the right to vote from suffrāgārī to express support bhreg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Suffrage Sentence Examples

  • The right of suffrage is confined by the constitution to adult male citizens who have resided in the state for one year.

  • Suffrage was by this constitution first extended to women tax-payers in questions " submitted to the tax-payers, as such."

  • A constitution of 1868 gave suffrage to the blacks, and disfranchised all whites made ineligible to office under the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the national Constitution, and also (practically) those who had by word, pen or vote defended secession.

  • The legislative power is vested in a national congress of two chambers, elected by direct suffrage, and convened on the 3rd of May each year.

  • The deputies are elected by direct suffrage for the legislative session of three years, and have the same immunities from legal process as the senators.

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