mandate /manˈdāt/

1. A charge, instruction
2. A command from a superior official or judge to a subordinate, ordering him how to act, esp from the Pope to a legate, etc
3. Legal authorization given to a person, eg a Member of Parliament to act on behalf of another
4. A rescript of the Pope
5. Permission to govern according to declared policies, regarded as officially granted by an electorate to a particular political party or leader upon the decisive outcome of an election
6. The power conferred upon a state by the League of Nations in 1919 to govern a region elsewhere
7. (also with cap) any of the regions governed in this way (also mandated territory)

1. To assign by mandate
2. To invest with authority

manˈdatary or manˈdatory /-də-tə-ri/ noun

1. The holder of a mandate
2. A mandate

mandāˈtor noun

The giver of a mandate

manˈdatorily adverb

manˈdatory adjective

1. Containing a mandate or command
2. Of the nature of a mandate
3. Bestowed by mandate
4. Compulsory
5. Allowing no option

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