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mandate Noun 1. an official or authoritative command to carry out a particular task: the UN force's mandate does not allow it to intervene 2. Politics the political authority given to a government or an elected representative through an electoral victory 3. Also: (mandated territory) (formerly) a territory administered by one country on behalf of an international body Verb [-dating, -dated] 1. to delegate authority to 2. to assign territory to a nation under a mandate [Latin mandare to command]
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with all his lore, Wherefore he sang, or whence the mandate sped. The rich ornaments of his military attire had indeed been repeatedly handled by different individuals of the tribes with eyes expressing a savage longing to possess the baubles; but before the customary violence could be resorted to, a mandate in the authoritative voice of the large warrior, already mentioned, stayed the uplifted hand, and convinced Heyward that they were to be reserved for some object of particular moment. I heard that thousands of prisoners had been released, few of whom dared to return to their own countries owing to the mandate of terrible death which rests against all who return from the Valley Dor. |
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