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Adjective: mandatory  'mandu`toree [N. Amer], 'mandut(u)ree [Brit]
  1. Required by rule
    "attendance is mandatory"
    - compulsory, required
Noun: mandatory  'mandu`toree [N. Amer], 'mandut(u)ree [Brit]
  1. The recipient of a mandate
    - mandatary
     
  2. A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
    - mandate

Derived forms: mandatories

See also: irremissible, mandate, mandatorily, obligatory

Type of: district, dominion, receiver, recipient, territorial dominion, territory

Encyclopedia: Mandatory