Plebiscite

['plebɪsaɪt;-sɪt] or ['plɛbɪsɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.

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Definition

(n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.

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Definition

n. a decree of an entire nation obtained by an appeal to universal suffrage as in France under Napoleon III.: a method of obtaining an expression of opinion upon a certain point from the inhabitants of a district—also Plebiscī′tum:—pl. Pleb′iscites Plebis′cita.—adj. Pleb′iscitary.

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