Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation
made by heathen writers.
Atterbury.
Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
South.
3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and
evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful
departed. Shipley.
I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls
therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
Creed of Pope Pius IV.