Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Expectative

Expectative , adjective

[Compare French expectatif.]

Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
Collocations (1)
Expectative grace , a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. — Foxe

Expectative , noun

[French expectative, from expectatif expectant.]

Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. — Milman