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Definition of Expectative
1. a. Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
2. n. Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.
Definition of Expectative
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an expectation ¹
2. Adjective. (context: canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expectative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectative
Literary usage of Expectative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Robertson ...: To which is Prefixed, an Account of His by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1817)
"... in order to render the i520. exertion of papal power unbounded, expectative
graces, or mandates nominating a person to succeed to a benefice upon the ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"An expectative, or an expectative grace, is the anticipatory grant of an ...
Nevertheless, during the Middle Ages expectative graces were customarily ..."
3. A History of Spain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the by Ulick Ralph Burke (1900)
"The grant to Ximenez was generally expectative ; and was thus in accordance with
the letter, if contrary to the spirit, of the existing ..."
4. A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life by Frederic Austin Ogg (1907)
"... expectative l have given rise to grievous abuses and unbearable burdens; that
the most notable and best endowed benefices have fallen into ..."
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