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   Expectative
   Ex·pect'a·tive adjective [ Confer French expectatif .] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. Expectative grace , a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/89
   
   
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   Expectative
   Ex·pect'a·tive noun [ French expectative , from expectatif expectant.] Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. Milman.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/89
   
   
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   Expectative
   • (n.) Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. • (a.) Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/expectative/
   
   
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   Expectative
   In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, an expectative, or an expectative grace (from the Latin expectare, to expect or wait for), is the anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent. ==H...
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