expectative adjective & noun. [ɪk'spɛktǝtɪv, ɛk-] L15.
[medieval Latin expectativus, from Latin ex(s)pectat-: see EXPECTATION, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
1. Ecclesiastical. Relating to the reversion of benefices etc.; reversionary. L15.
grace expectative, expectative grace Hist. a mandate given by a king or pope conferring the right of succession to a benefice.

2. = EXPECTANT adjective 4. E17.
b. noun.
1. A thing looked forward to; a prospective benefit. E16-M18.

2. = grace expectative (see sense A.1). L16.

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