esperance [es-per-uh ns]
noun, Obsolete.
1. hope.
Origin: 1400-50; late Middle English esperaunce < Middle French esperance < Vulgar Latin *spērantia, equivalent to Latin spērant- (stem of spērāns) hoping (present participle of spērāre, derivative of spēs hope) + -ia -ia
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