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Definition of Plebescite

Pleb"i*scite (?), n. [F. plébiscite, fr. L. plebiscitum.] A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. [Written also plebiscit.]

Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French.
Fitzed. Hall.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

  • a referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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