Suffrage

Word SUFFRAGE
Character 8
Hyphenation suf frage
Pronunciations /ˈsʌfɹɪdʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Suffrage"

What do we mean by suffrage?

The right or privilege of voting; franchise. noun

The exercise of such a right. noun

A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office. noun

A short intercessory prayer. noun

To vote for; elect.

A vote or voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a person to occupy an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion on some doubtful question; consent; assent; approval. noun

The political right or act of voting; the exercise of the voting power in political affairs; especially, the right, under a representative government, of participating, directly or indirectly, in the choice of public officers and in the adoption or rejection of fundamental laws: usually with the definite article. noun

Testimony; attestation; witness. noun

Eccles., an intercessory prayer or petition. noun

In liturgics: Short petitions, especially those in the litany, the lesser litany or preces at morning and evening prayer, etc. noun

The prayers of the people in response to and as distinguished from the versicles or prayers said in litanies by the clergyman. noun

Aid; assistance; relief. noun

To vote for; to elect. transitive verb

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. noun

Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. noun

A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. noun

A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. noun

Aid; assistance. noun

The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.

The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.

A vote in deciding a particular question.

A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.

A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

Aid, intercession.

Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Suffrage

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The word "suffrage" in example sentences

This first clause, then, fixes the class of persons to whom belong this right of suffrage -- _Federal suffrage_ -- not State suffrage. ❋ Matilda Joslyn Gage (1862)

I, however, stood boldly up for the great and just principle of universal suffrage, and moved, as an amendment to the motion made by Mr. Cobbett, that instead of _householder suffrage_, universal suffrage should be substituted. ❋ Henry Hunt (1804)

Coincidentally, the term suffrage is synonymous with voting, and the term sufferance means to give passive consent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

’ ‘What about the Sthenoboea of Euripides, the Revellers of Ameipsias—to which, as a matter of simple fact, what you call the suffrage of antiquity did adjudge the first prize, above Aristophanes’ best? ❋ Unknown (1920)

'What about the "Sthenoboea" of Euripides, the "Revellers" of Ameipsias -- to which, as a matter of simple fact, what you call the suffrage of antiquity did adjudge the first prize, above Aristophanes' best? ' ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

As political goals go, universal suffrage is pretty concrete and non-fictional. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That universal suffrage is a lot more likely to happen with Gaza & a remnant of the West Bank being dumped at the doorsteps of Jordan & Egypt (they hold elections, you know). pseudonymous in nc Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a moral matter, however, anything other than universal suffrage is incompatible with the fundamental values underlying its creation: the just powers of government by consent. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Universal suffrage is an impracticable piece of nonscense; — Republicanism will only do in new establishd countrys: not in those which have been govern'd by Kings for a thousand years. — ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like universal free public education, universal suffrage is a truly revolutionary concept. ❋ Kateelliott (2008)

The proposition that suffrage is a bad idea, period, may not be one you regard as defensible — but it is surely more defensible than the proposition that all men should be able to vote, but not all women. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Americans enjoy almost universal suffrage from the age of 18 regardless of race, sex, or wealth. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There is no reason for the belief that farmers 'wives as a class look and dress like this, only that people love to generalize; to fit cases to their theory, they love to find ministers' sons wild; mothers-in-law disagreeable; women who believe in suffrage neglecting their children, and farmers 'wives shabby, discouraged and sad. ❋ Unknown (1915)

The theory of democracy, where the suffrage is virtually universal, is that every citizen is an intelligent, public-spirited, honest servant of his country's good. ❋ Unknown (1914)

This demand for the suffrage is in reality an attempt to arrive at a higher morality, to attain to consideration in virtue of goodness and not of charm. ❋ Unknown (1910)

No, no! the right of suffrage is no shadow, but a substantial entity that the citizen can seize and hold for his own protection and his country's welfare. ❋ Unknown (1898)

If under a democratic government universal suffrage is worth anything in the North, then is universal suffrage a paramount necessity in the South. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Has he been convinced by the events of the last two years that universal suffrage is a mistake? ❋ Unknown (1863)

They did not use the word suffrage at all; and, as she stood there now, her mind ran back over a score of years. ❋ Matilda Joslyn Gage (1862)

I used to admire Emily Pankhurst, now I know why they invented the word suffrage - except they mis-spelt it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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