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Mandate

noun

A document giving an official instruction or command. Synonyms: authorisation, authorization.

A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves. Synonym: mandatory.

The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory.

verb

Assign under a mandate.

Make mandatory.

Assign authority to.

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"Mandate" Quotes from Famous Books

... sovereign Rohinda calling on him for some cloths; he must have thirty at least, else he would not give up Lumeresi's son. Further, he commanded in a bullying tone that all the Wahuma who were with Lumeresi should be sent to him at once, adding, at the same time, if his royal mandate was not complied with as soon as he expected, he would at once send a force to seize Lumeresi, and place another man in his stead ...

— The Discovery of the Source of the Nile • John Hanning Speke

... queen Anne of France, she summoned him to prove himself her true and valorous champion, by taking the field in her defence, against his brother-in-law, Henry VIII. of England. He obeyed the romantic mandate; and the two nations bled to feed the ...

— Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World • Anonymous

... long time before Master Bumpkin's mandate was obeyed; the value of a policeman, like that of every other commodity, depends upon his rarity. There was no policeman to be found. There was a fire escape in the middle of the street, but that was of no use to Master Bumpkin. ...

— The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit • Richard Harris

... name of Robert Roddy. He was a soft-faced, washed-out youth, with a disposition to wink both eyes in a meek manner. Rough-spoken people called him an idiot, but Roddy was not quite such an idiot as they took him for. He obeyed his master's mandate by sitting down on a tall stool near the window, and occupied himself in attempting to carve a human face on the head ...

— Fighting the Flames • R.M. Ballantyne

... house," she commanded to her husband, who, fearing a storm, wheeled on his crutch in obedience to her mandate. ...

— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal

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