mandamento

English

Etymology

Italian mandamento

Noun

mandamento (plural mandamentos)

1. mandamento (former type of Italian administrative district; territory ruled by a praetor)
2. mandamento (territory ruled by a Sicilian Mafia clan, under a capomandamento (“family boss”))

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Italian

Etymology

manda (“mandare”) +‎ -mento

Noun

mandamento m (plural mandamenti)

1. A former type of Italian administrative district, under the jurisdiction of a pretore (“praetor”) (magistrate).
2. The territory of a Cosa Nostra (“Sicilian Mafia”) clan (its mandate territory, mandatory, commandery)

Derived terms

• capomandamento

Related terms

• mandamentale

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Portuguese

Noun

mandamento m (plural mandamentos)

1. (chiefly biblical) commandment (command or edict)