mandatary
noun
a person or nation holding a mandate.
mandataries
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pluralof mandatary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Your Majesty is obliged to decide wholly by yourself or through your mandataries.
From The Ancient Regime by John Durand
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 A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
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 Paul Janet
