supererogation
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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.
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Thus, discord differs from disagreement about matters of supererogation.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
A new work on the subject of Mary Queen of Scots runs an eminent risk of being considered a work of supererogation.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford
He was not pharasaical enough to imagine that he had performed any works of supererogation.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Breckinridge, Rev. Robert J.
I will give the reader an instance of a work of supererogation, in which he will at least be at a loss to discover any "impiety."
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby