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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_180808" /> == | |||
<p> In the early Church, one of the ways of designating persons to the ministry was by the ordinary course of suffrage and election of the Church. It was also customary for the clergy or presbytery (or the retiring bishop or presbyter) to nominate a person to fill the vacant office, which nomination was followed by the suffrages of the people-suffrages not merely testimonial, but judicial and elective. See Riddle, | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Aid; assistance. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The right to vote; franchise. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To vote for; to elect. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62300" /> == | |||
<p> In the early Church, one of the ways of designating persons to the ministry was by the ordinary course of suffrage and election of the Church. It was also customary for the clergy or presbytery (or the retiring bishop or presbyter) to nominate a person to fill the vacant office, which nomination was followed by the suffrages of the people-suffrages not merely testimonial, but judicial and elective. See Riddle, Christ Antiq. p. 82. </p> <p> The term was also used to designate '''''—''''' </p> <p> '''1.''' The public worship the united voice and consent of the people in the petitions offered. "See now, then, both learned and unlearned, how prayers and all ''Other Suffrages'' are in common to this spiritual Church" ( ''Lantern Of Light,'' A.D. 1400). </p> <p> '''2.''' A short form of petition, as in the Litany. Thus, in the Order for the [[Consecration]] of Bishops we read that in the [[Litany]] as then used, after the words that it may please thee to "illuminate all bishops," etc., "the proper [[Suffrage]] shall be," etc. </p> <p> '''3.''' The versicles after the [[Creed]] in [[Morning]] and [[Evening]] Prayer. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_180808"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/suffrage Suffrage from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_62300"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/suffrage Suffrage from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_62300"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/suffrage Suffrage from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Aid; assistance.
(2): ( n.) The right to vote; franchise.
(3): ( v. t.) To vote for; to elect.
(4): ( n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
(5): ( n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
(6): ( n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
(7): ( n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
In the early Church, one of the ways of designating persons to the ministry was by the ordinary course of suffrage and election of the Church. It was also customary for the clergy or presbytery (or the retiring bishop or presbyter) to nominate a person to fill the vacant office, which nomination was followed by the suffrages of the people-suffrages not merely testimonial, but judicial and elective. See Riddle, Christ Antiq. p. 82.
The term was also used to designate —
1. The public worship the united voice and consent of the people in the petitions offered. "See now, then, both learned and unlearned, how prayers and all Other Suffrages are in common to this spiritual Church" ( Lantern Of Light, A.D. 1400).
2. A short form of petition, as in the Litany. Thus, in the Order for the Consecration of Bishops we read that in the Litany as then used, after the words that it may please thee to "illuminate all bishops," etc., "the proper Suffrage shall be," etc.
3. The versicles after the Creed in Morning and Evening Prayer.
