expectative grace
noun
Now historical a mandate given by a pope or king granting advance right of succession to an ecclesiastical benefice.
Origin
Late 15th century.
- over-desirous
- overdetailed
- overdetermination
- overdetermine
- overdevelop
- overdevelopment
- overdiagnose
- overdiagnosis
- over-differentiated
- over-differentiation
- overdischarge
- overdispersal
- overdispersed
- overdispersion
- overdo
- overdoer
- overdog
- overdominance
- overdominant
- overdone
- overdoor
- overdosage
- overdose
- overdot
- overdotted