1) Characterized by expectation
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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. ==History== In 1179 the Third Lateran Council, renewi...
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• (n.) Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. • (a.) Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
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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. Foxe. Found on
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of or pertaining to expectation. · characterized by expectation.
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