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plebiscita

plebiscita is the plural of plebiscitum.

Meaning of plebiscitum

Noun

plebiscitum (plural plebiscitums or plebiscita)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) A law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
    • Still worse went it with another individual; doomed, by extempore Plebiscitum, to the Lanterne; […]1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
    Synonyms:
    plebiscite
  2. Synonym of plebiscite (“a direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum”).
    • The propositions of M[axime] du Camp are as follows: […] 3. No war to be declared before it has been submitted to a plebiscitum of the nations preparing to take part in it.1894, Leo Tolstoy, “Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War”, in Constance Garnett, transl., “The Kingdom of God is within You”: Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion, but as a New Theory of Life...
    Synonyms:
    plebiscite

Questions about plebiscita

What is plebiscita the plural of?
Plebiscita is the plural of plebiscitum.

Words near plebiscita in the dictionary

  1. plebifications
  2. plebified
  3. plebifies
  4. plebify
  5. plebifying
  6. plebiscita
  7. plebiscitarian
  8. plebiscitarians
  9. plebiscitarism
  10. plebiscitary
  11. plebiscite

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