suffrages
Formal voting privileges
Suffrages is the plural of suffrage, meaning votes or the right to vote.
The word appears in historical and formal contexts: The suffrages of the people elected him.
In religious use, suffrages are intercessory prayers or petitions, particularly short prayers in a litany: The priest led the congregation in suffrages for the dead.
Voting document
- electionOrganized public voting
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- electorateEligible voting body
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
plebiscite · turnout · tally · precinct · franchise · enfranchisement · poll-tax · absentee
Same status for all
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
- justiceFair treatment under law
- entitlementsLegally guaranteed benefits
self-determination · amendment · reform · emancipation · liberation · enfranchisement · advocacy · activism
Reverent petitions to deity
- intercessionsAppeals made for others
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- massesBulk or populace
devotions · supplications · liturgy · indulgences · souls · purgatory · requiem · commemorations
ballot
Voting document
- electionOrganized public voting
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- electorateEligible voting body
referendum · plebiscite · turnout · tally · precinct · franchise · enfranchisement · poll-tax · absentee · proxy
equality
Same status for all
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
- justiceFair treatment under law
entitlements · self-determination · amendment · reform · emancipation · liberation · enfranchisement · advocacy · activism · protest
prayers
Reverent petitions to deity
- intercessionsAppeals made for others
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- saintsCanonized religious figures
masses · devotions · supplications · liturgy · indulgences · souls · purgatory · requiem · commemorations · invocations
- prayersOur Father, morning prayers, Lord's Prayer, daily prayers, evening prayers
- Anglican liturgymorning prayer, evening prayer, litany, collects, psalter
- Anglican Musicevensong, magnificat, pointing, jubilate, canticle
- liturgical wordsGloria, Kyrie, doxology, litany, antiphon
- indulgencesindulgence, indulgences, chocolate cake, overindulgence, massage
- church musicanthems, hymnal, masses, hymnbook, canticles
suffragesabstentions
Formal refusals to vote
abstaining · boycotts · blank ballots · spoiled ballots · no-shows
suffragesdisagreements
Failures to concur
objections · dissents · oppositions · disapprovals · rejections
- women's suffrageVoting rights for females
- womens suffrageFemale enfranchisement movement
- suffrage movementCampaign for voting rights
- universal suffrageAll adults may vote
- female suffrageWomen's right to vote
- suffragette movementCampaign for female enfranchisement