Definitions
Required by rule, law, or authority.
Word origin
From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.
Used in a sentence
“Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.”
“This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.”
“It also discusses the access to legal instruments for enforcement with regard to mandatory disclosure of environmental information.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Must be done”9 letters
02“Must be followed”9 letters
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