mandatary noun. ['mandǝt(ǝ)ri] LME.
[Latin mandatarius, formed as MANDATE noun: see -ARY¹.]
1. Chiefly Law. A person to whom a mandate is given; Hist. a State receiving a mandate from the League of Nations. LME.

2. A person appointed to a benefice by a papal mandate. E17-E18.

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