Part 6796

<i>S. W. Williams.</i>

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<h1>Mandarinic</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man`da*rin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.</def>

<h1>Mandarining</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man`da*rin"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Dyeing)</fld> <def>The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid.</def>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

<h1>Mandarinism</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man`da*rin"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.</def>

<i>F. Lieder.</i>

<h1>Mandatary</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"da*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. mandatarius, fr. <ets>mandatum</ets> a charge, commission, order: cf. F. <ets>mandataire</ets>. See <er>Mandate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Mandate</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mandatum</ets>, fr. <ets>mandare</ets> to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; <ets>manus</ets> hand + <ets>dare</ets> to give: cf. F. <ets>mandat</ets>. See <er>Manual</er>, <er>Date</er> a time, and cf. <er>Commend</er>, <er>Maundy Thursday</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.</def>

<blockquote>This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty <b>mandates</b>, and her words you hear. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Canon Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.</def>

<i>Erskine.</i>

<h1>Mandator</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*da"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A director; one who gives a mandate or order.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rom. Law)</fld> <def>The person who employs another to perform a mandate.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Mandatory</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"da*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mandatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing a command; preceptive; directory.</def>