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- noun Plural form of
expectance .
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Examples
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He revoked the scandalous "expectances" granted by his predecessors and forbade conferring benefices in commendam.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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He, who in action was as cheerful a soul as you could wish to serve, was harassed by the long expectances of diplomacy, and in the routine work of governing most grim.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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When I hearn her do that I felt sorry I hadn't come up to her expectances.
Danny's Own Story 1912
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I never hearn such poetry to get a person's expectances all worked up, and then go back on 'em.
Danny's Own Story 1912
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