The official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin and accepted as a lingua franca for Han communities worldwide.

(law) A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.

(transitive) To serve a writ of this kind upon.

(politics) A situation in which a person has been elected to two different bodies with different competencies, for example being a member of both a national legislature, and of a local authority.

plural of mandarin duck

A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.

mandamento (former type of Italian administrative district; territory ruled by a praetor) / mandamento (territory ruled by a Sicilian Mafia clan, under a capomandamento (“family boss”))

plural of mandala

Of, or pertaining to, a mandala

plural of mandarah