Suffrage vs Petition - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
(countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
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The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
(US) The right of women to vote.
(countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
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* (rfdate) Creed of Pope Pius IV
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(countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
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(uncountable) Aid, intercession.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
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A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
(legal) A formal written request for judicial action.
A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
* Bible, 1. Macc. vii. 37
As nouns the difference between suffrage and petition
is that suffrage is the right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision while petition is a formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.As a verb petition is
to make a request, commonly in written form.suffrage
English
(wikipedia suffrage)Noun
(en-noun)- universal suffrage''''', ''women's '''suffrage''''', ''negro '''suffrage
- I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
- 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.
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* (English Citations of "suffrage")Synonyms
* (right to vote) franchisepetition
English
(wikipedia petition)Noun
(en noun)- A house of prayer and petition for thy people.