[ 'sʌfrɪdʒ ]
■ noun
1》 the right to vote in political elections.
↘ archaic a vote given for a person or in assent to a proposal.
2》 ( ~s ) (in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany.
↘a series of petitions pronounced by the priest with the responses of the congregation.
↘ archaic intercessory prayers, especially those for the dead.
Origin
ME: from L. suffragium , reinforced by Fr. ~ .