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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

See also: plebiscite, plébiscite, and plebiscité

plébiscité m ‎(feminine singular plébiscitée, masculine plural plébiscités, feminine plural plébiscitées)