Censitary

Quick meaning: Censitary is an adjective meaning (history) (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.

Meaning

(history) (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.

Example Sentences

By 1791-92, the two camps were moving toward a property-based, or censitary, compromise

The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out of representatives of the three orders (peasants, clergy, and nobles), and the censitary provisions taken for keeping the representatives of the peasants in a minority, were, as experience has shown, a useless and vexatious precaution.

Word Forms

• censitarian

Antonyms for censitary

Common opposites include universal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sumptuary, astricted, free, parafiscal, semicompulsory, stipendary.

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