Meanings of plebiscites in English

Recent plebiscites on abortion reform and marriage equality were divisive.

Both won certain concessions between the plebiscites, swaying the vote.

It may have to be taken, with other plebiscites, before this war is settled.

It is hardly surprising that referendums and plebiscites were known as the tool of dictators.

As plebiscites go, it was not up to much.

No stalling consensus-building plebiscites for him, we were getting a DEM and that was that.

As plebiscites go, it will be a powerful one and the opinion of fans seems clear.

It is a useless procedure, and also, after the plebiscites, an insult to the reasoning powers.

Huber states that the Reichstag elections in the Third Reich have the same character as the plebiscites.

Polls suggested only about 30 percent would back independence, prompting calls to forgo any further such plebiscites.

Ms Wall pointed to the reported harm caused by recent plebiscites on same-sex marriage in Australia and Ireland.

Why go through the farce of plebiscites so "arranged" that the result was a foregone conclusion?

The plebiscites in Umbria and the Marches and in the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily took place in October.

Why not have continuing plebiscites about the health service, the national broadcaster, the national football team and whatever you're having yourself?

Next day, in the great throne-room of the palace, the king-maker delivered to the King the plebiscites of the Two Sicilies.

After the passing, however, of the statute called the lex Hortensia, plebiscites acquired for the first time the force of statutes.