noun
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
(politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
(Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
(historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
verb
To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
To make mandatory.
To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
(Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.