supererogation
Example Sentences
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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The subsequent adventures of Palmerin bear such a strong likeness to those already related of him as to render their recital a work of supererogation.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
Every man feels that he is bigger than his job, and he is all the time doing what theologians call 'works of supererogation.'
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
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 Henry Digby Beste
To attempt a sketch of the talents, genius, and virtues of Dr. Chalmers, would be a work of supererogation.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton