Both Uses of
mandate
in
Anthem
- ...the Council of Vocations came to give us our life mandates which tell those who reach their fifteenth year what their work is to be for the rest of their days.
Part 1 *mandates = instructions that must be followed
- We would accept our Life Mandate, and we would work for our brothers, gladly and willingly, and we would erase our sin against them, which they did not know, but we knew.†
Part 1 *
Definitions:
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(mandate as in: a legal mandate) an instruction that must be followed; or to command
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(mandate as in: the election gave her a mandate) power given to someone to do something -- especially a government to implement policies based on an electoral victory