suffrage
/ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/noun
1
- mass noun the right to vote in political elections选举权, 投票权。
1.1
- count noun archaic a vote given in assent to a proposal or in favour of the election of a particular person〈古〉赞成票; 提名票。
2
- （一般作 suffrages）(in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany（《英国国教祈祷书》中的）代祷。
2.1
- a series of petitions pronounced by the priest with the responses of the congregation（牧师与信徒以一唱一和的方式所作的）祈求。
2.2
- archaic intercessory prayers, especially those for the dead〈古〉（尤指为死去的人所作的）代祈。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'intercessory prayers', also 'assistance'）： from Latin suffragium, reinforced by French suffrage. The modern sense of 'right to vote' was originally US （dating from the late 18th cent.）.