[ˈsʌfrɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the right to vote in political elections
(e.g: universal adult suffrage)

- (in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘intercessory prayers’, also ‘assistance’): from Latin suffragium, reinforced by French suffrage. The modern sense of ‘right to vote’ was originally US (dating from the late 18th century)