supererogation
Britishnoun
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the performance of work in excess of that required
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RC Church supererogatory prayers, devotions, etc
Example Sentences
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The donation would still be an act of “supererogation,” something above and beyond what was required.
From New York Times
It was, to use a philosopher’s sesquipedalian word, an act of supererogation.
From New York Times
Here comes in Hermas’s doctrine of works of supererogation, in fulfilment of counsels of perfection, on lines already seen in Did. vi.
From Project Gutenberg
If others are unlike us, we feel it as a presumption and an impertinence to usurp their place; if they are like us, it seems a work of supererogation.
From Project Gutenberg
To attempt a sketch of the talents, genius, and virtues of Dr. Chalmers, would be a work of supererogation.
From Project Gutenberg
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