Both Uses of
mandate
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- I obey the mandate
Scene 4.1 *mandate = instruction that must be followed
- Here is the man, this Moor; whom now, it seems, Your special mandate for the state affairs Hath hither brought.†
Scene 1.3
Definition:
an official order or authority to act -- either as a command that must be followed or as power given to carry out policies