Thursday, 5 February 2009
plebiscite
/plebbisit/
• noun 1 the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question. 2 (in ancient Rome) a law enacted by the plebeians’ assembly.
— DERIVATIVES plebiscitary /plebissitri/ adjective.
— ORIGIN French plébiscite, from Latin plebs ‘the common people’ + scitum ‘decree’.
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