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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of committing (a sermon, or speech, etc.) to memory. See mandate, 2.

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Examples

  • LORNA PATTERSON, REGISTERED NURSE: Not totally because this still leaves us open for a mandation (ph) to come along later.

    CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2009 2009

  • Commission, but with the particular Power in whose territory the property has become situated by cession or mandation.

    The Economic Consequences of the Peace John Maynard Keynes 1914

  • It is the first time the mandation powers, brought in under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, will be used.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012

  • Department wants to gather views on international alignment and the meaning of mandation

    The Guardian World News Juliette Garside 2012

  • Updated w/sideshow VIDEO. eg: Palin's 'mandation of healthcare' ...

    The BRAD BLOG 2010

  • Updated w/sideshow VIDEO. eg: Palin's 'mandation of healthcare' ...

    The BRAD BLOG 2010

  • For some time now the financial sector has been preparing for the mandation of iXBRL reporting by HMRC and Companies House, which will simplify and standardise the exchange of financial reports.

    Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA 2010

  • Updated w/sideshow VIDEO. eg: Palin's 'mandation of healthcare' ...

    The BRAD BLOG 2010

  • Updated w/sideshow VIDEO. eg: Palin's 'mandation of healthcare' ...

    The BRAD BLOG 2010

  • Despite its quasi-mandation by the European Commission, the outlook is particularly grim for DVB-H.

    C21Media.net 2009

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