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   Suffrage (?), 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.
   
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   I ask your voices and your suffrages. Shak.
   
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   2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
   
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   Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. Atterbury.
   
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   Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. South.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]
   
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   5. The right to vote; franchise.
   
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   Suffrage, v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.]  Milton.
   
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