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mandarinal

adj

mandarinal

adj

Etymology From mandarin + -al.

1

Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.

  • Mandarinal Vietnam lasted because the foundations on which it was built remained forever the same.1967, Joseph Buttinger, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, page 116:
  • Pasquier […] admired and promoted the mandarinal administrative system.2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 179:

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