suffrage

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.

   “universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage”

2. isim The right of women to vote.

   “What role did the House of Commons play in the political life of the nation in the aftermath of suffrage? There is surprisingly little historiography to help answer the question.”

3. isim A vote in deciding a particular question.

   “But the President himself says that " upon him has been devolved, by the constitution, and the suffrages of the American people, the duty of superintending the operation of the executive departments of the Government,”

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

   “1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.”

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

   “Lastly, in this suffrage, we intercede for prisoners and captives; we "remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them."”

6. isim Aid, intercession.

   “Retoricyons and oratours, in freſhe humanyte Support parrot, I pray you wᵗ your ſuffrage ornate Of confuſe tantum, auoydynge the chekmate”

7. isim Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

   “Lactantius and St. Austin are not afraid to confirm by their suffrage the observation made by the heathen writers, that[…]”