Bible Dictionaries
Mandatary

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory.

(2):

(n.) One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mandatary'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mandatary.html. 1828.