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Definition of Supererogatory
1. Adjective. More than is needed, desired, or required. "Surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
Similar to: Unnecessary, Unneeded
Derivative terms: Redundance, Redundancy, Redundancy, Redundancy, Redundancy, Superfluity, Supernumerary
Definition of Supererogatory
1. a. Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.
Definition of Supererogatory
1. Adjective. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Supererogatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supererogatory
Literary usage of Supererogatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Classical Bibliography: Comprising a Copious Detail of the by Joseph William Moss (1837)
"... he has moreover performed the supererogatory drudgery of translating the
characters into French;) and Ast. TRANSLATIONS. English Versions. LOND. 8vo. ..."
2. The Ethics of the Christian Life by Theodor Häring (1909)
"... coincides with an unmoral idea of expediency, and further still with that of
supererogatory duty, will become clear when these points are discussed. ..."
3. The Practical Railway Engineer: Examples of the Mechanical and Engineering by George Drysdale Dempsey (1847)
"It would, of course, be equally beyond the pretensions of this descriptive sketch,
and supererogatory as dedicated to the use of the Corps of Royal ..."
4. The reciprocal influence of body and mind considered: As it Affects the by William Newnham (1842)
"... and untrue to assert that with such a position in the animal economy, it has
no definite function, and that it is wholly supererogatory in that economy! ..."
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