mandatary

American  

[man-duh-ter-ee] / ˈmæn dəˌtɛr i /

noun

mandataries plural

1. a person or nation holding a mandate.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mandataries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mandatary

First recorded in 1605–15, mandatary is from the Late Latin word mandātārius one to whom a charge is given. See mandate, -ary

Example Sentences

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mandatary mandataries

In every case the mandatary will render an annual report, and the degree of its authority will be defined.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

The mandatary State or agency shall in no case form or maintain any military or naval force in excess of definite standards laid down by the League itself for the purposes of internal police.

From The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative by Lansing, Robert

But if they find that Constantinople and Armenia are to be taken away from them, then I imagine that they would vigorously oppose any mandatary whatsoever.

From The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

Your Majesty is obliged to decide wholly by yourself or through your mandataries.

From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John

It is a power given against a man elected by the people; for consul and tribune are equally mandataries of the people.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

The duties of these mandataries are generally the same in any degree of rank.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul