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.
- (as) easy as pie
- as easy as winking
- (as) easy (or simple) as ABC
- a second thought
- aseismic
- asepsis
- aseptic
- aseptically
- asequia
- asexual
- asexualise
- asexuality
- asexualization
- asexualize
- asexually
- as far as
- as far as I can see
- as far as one can tell
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- (as) fit as a flea
- (as) flat as a pancake
- as for
- as from
- as from (or of)
- (as) full as a goog