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† suffraˈgation Obs. rare.
[ad. L. suffrāgātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. suffrāgārī to suffragate.]
The giving of a vote.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 12 Our suffragation, or consenting voices. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 176 A diabolicall..contract, sacrament, suggestion, suffragation, operation, and delusion. 1656in Blount Glossogr.
So † ˈsuffragator [L. suffrāgātor], a voter, supporter; witness; † ˈsuffragatory a. [L. suffrāgātōrius], exercising a right to vote.
1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. vii. 262 Did euer any man make them his suffragators or spokes-men to god? 1618T. Morton in Ussher's Lett. (1686) 67 The Synod..is held at Dort, the most of their Suffragators are already Assembled. 1813Monthly Mag. XXXV. 427/1 Suffragatory institutions were to be solicited. |