MAN'DATORY, noun [Latin mando, to command.] 1. A person to whom the pope has by his prerogative given a mandate or order for his benefice. 2. One to whom a command or charge is given. 3. In law, one who undertakes, without a recompense, to do some act for another in respect to the thing bailed to him.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI