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noun
The status of holding a position as a mandarin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The collective body of mandarins.
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noun
A political form of rule by mandarins.
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noun
A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations.
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Usage: figuratively
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History
From French mandarinat, corresponding to mandarin + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people performing it, the concrete charge of it).
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