plural of expectancy

Of or pertaining to an expectation. / (canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice.

(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.

Alternative form of expectancy

Relating to expectation.

plural of expectative

Obsolete form of expectable.

(psychology) A failed prophecy, leading to a form of cognitive dissonance in the believer.

(of a person) The amount of time one is expected to live. / (figuratively, by extension, of an idea or an object) The amount of time something is expected to last.

(Christianity) The period between Ascension Day and Whitsunday, during which the apostles continued praying in expectation of Christ.