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expectatives

expectatives is the plural of expectative.

Meaning of expectative

Noun

expectative (plural expectatives)

  1. (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.
  2. (non-native speakers' English) An expectation.

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Questions about expectatives

What is expectatives the plural of?
Expectatives is the plural of expectative.

Words near expectatives in the dictionary

  1. expectations games
  2. expectations hypothesis
  3. expectative
  4. expectative grace
  5. expectative graces
  6. expectatives
  7. expected
  8. expected date of confinement
  9. expected value
  10. expected values
  11. expectedly

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