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Answer for the clue "Authority giving specific orders ", 8 letters:
mandator

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Word definitions for mandator in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an authority who issues a mandate

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A director; one who gives a mandate or order. 2 (context legal English) The person who employs another to perform a mandate.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mandator \Man*da"tor\, n. [L.] A director; one who gives a mandate or order. --Ayliffe. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate. --Bouvier.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The mandatōr , deriving from the Latin word for "messenger", was a subaltern official in the middle Byzantine Empire .

Usage examples of mandator.

We'll have the Mandator announce it in the Hippodrome, as well, if there's any chance he'll be heard.

Leontes had the Mandator proclaim the exile of the hated taxation officer.

It is necessary that I reflect and reflect again, deeply…I tend to feel that we, as Guardians Mandator of our delightful realm, must be all things at once.