"expectative" meaning in English

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        "Of or pertaining to an expectation."
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        "(canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice."
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        "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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        "(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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        "(non-native speakers' English) An expectation."
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