mandarinate

The story

1. French · derived frommandarinat
2. English todaymandarinate

From French mandarinat, corresponding to mandarin + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people performing it, the concrete charge of it).

First known use, by meaning

• 18th–19th c. The status of holding a position as a mandarin.
• from 19th c. The collective body of mandarins.