Suffrage

Noun. 1. A vote; a voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust. The right or privilege of voting; franchise. Nothing can be more grateful to a good man than to be elevated to office by the unbiased suffrages of free enlightened citizens. Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrages the observation made by heathen writers.

2. United voice of persons in public prayer.
3. Aid; assistance; A Latinism. [Not in use.] In Law The grant of privilege, where no right exists. License without fealty.