Read full poem →Among the sons of men." And while he paused
He heard the awful mandate of the Lord
Resounding through the air, "Give back the sword!"
Dictionary Entry
An official order or command to do something, or the authority to do it.
In a Sentence
“The government issued a mandate requiring all citizens to wear masks in public places.”
Origin
From Latin 'mandatum' meaning 'something commanded', from 'mandare' meaning 'to order'.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “mandate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →three days inactive before the bay, ruined the design by a premature
attack upon the fleet ere the royal mandate had arrived, when the
Danish governor took the natural and generous course of vindicating the
Read full poem →YOUR mandate I got,
You may all go to pot;
Read full poem →Where new creations feast her wond'ring eyes.
To heav'n's high mandate cheerfully resign'd
She mounts, and leaves the rolling globe behind;
Read full poem →And twice he rose to cry, 'To horse!'
And twice his Sovereign's mandate came,
Like damp upon a kindling flame;
Read full poem →Full oft, when in my heart was heard
Thy timely mandate, I deferred
The task imposed, from day to day; 1815.]