'Mandate' definitions:

Definition of 'mandate'

(from WordNet)
noun
A document giving an official instruction or command [syn: mandate, authorization, authorisation]
noun
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 [syn: mandate, mandatory]
noun
The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
verb
Assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
verb
Make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
verb
Assign authority to

Definition of 'Mandate'

From: GCIDE
  • Mandate \Man"date\, n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.]
  • 1. An official or authoritative command, order, or authorization from a superior official to a subordinate; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. [1913 Webster]
  • This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: (Politics) An authorization to carry out a specific public policy, given by the electorate to their representatives; -- it is considered to be implied by the election of a candidate by a significant margin after that candidate has campaigned with that policy as a prominent element of the campaign platform. [PJC]
  • 3. Hence: Authorization by a multinational body to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a territory, usually a former colony; as, termination of the British mandate in Palestine. [PJC]
  • 4. (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. --Erskine. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'mandate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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