Suffrage /(?)/

Suf·frage

Suffrage

n.
  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.
  2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
    Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
    Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
  3. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (Eccl.)
    I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
  4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism]
  5. The right to vote; franchise.

Suffrage

v. t.
  1. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.]