mandātōrius
1Mandatory — Man da*to*ry, a. [L. mandatorius.] 1. Containing a command; preceptive; directory. [1913 Webster] 2. Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority. [PJC] 3. (Law) Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses… …
2mandatory — mandatorily, adv. /man deuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj., n., pl. mandatories. adj. 1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math. 2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a… …
3mandatory — (adj.) 1570s, of the nature of a mandate, from L.L. mandatorius pertaining to a mandator, from L. mandatus, pp. of mandare (see MANDATE (Cf. mandate) (n.)). Sense of obligatory because commanded is from 1818 …
4mandatory — [man′də tôr΄ē] adj. [LL mandatorius] 1. of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate 2. authoritatively commanded or required; obligatory 3. having received a mandate over some territory n. pl. mandatories a country assigned to administer a… …
5mandatory — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or conveying a command. 2 compulsory. n. (pl. ies) = MANDATARY. Derivatives: mandatorily adv. Etymology: LL mandatorius f. L (as MANDATE) …
