suffrage

'suffrage' in Webster

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Suf"frage  , v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.]
 Milton.
 
Suf"frage 	(?), n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of
frangere to break. See Break.]

1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
 
I ask your voices and your
suffrages.
 Shak.
 2.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
 
Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
 Atterbury.
Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to
the truth of a doctrine.
 South.
 3. (Eccl.)
(a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
Shipley.
 
I firmly believe that there is
a purgatory, and that the
souls therein detained are
helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
 Creed of Pope
Pius IV.
 4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]

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