Plebiscite

pleb′i-sīt, n. a decree of an entire nation, obtained by an appeal to universal suffrage, as in France under Napoleon III.: a method of obtaining an expre ion of opinion upon a certain point from the inhabitants of a district—also Plebiscī′tum :— pl. Pleb′iscites , Plebis′cit a .— adj. Pleb′iscitary . [Fr.,—L. plebiscitum , decree of the people— plebs , the people, scitum , a decree— scīre , to know.]