expectative
Adjective
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Adjective
expectative
- Of or pertaining to an expectation.
- (canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice.
expectative (plural expectatives)
- (canon law) 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.
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