MANDARINIC
Man`da*rin"ic, a.
Defn: Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
MANDARINING
Man`da*rin"ing, n. (Dyeing)
Defn: The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid. Tomlinson.
MANDARINISM
Man`da*rin"ism, n.
Defn: A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.
F. Lieder.
MANDATARY Man"da*ta*ry, n. Etym: [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a charge, commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See Mandate.]
1. 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. Ayliffe.
2. (Law)
Defn: One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory. Wharton.