Definition of supererogations Supererogations
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What does supererogations mean?
Wiktionary 
- supererogations (Noun)
Plural of supererogation.
Part of speech
🔤- supererogations, noun, plural of supererogation.
WordNet
NounPlural: supererogations |
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| supererogation - an effort above and beyond the call of duty |
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Wiktionary
- supererogation (Noun)
Doing more than is required.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- supererogation (n.)
The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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supererogation
sū-pėr-er-ō-gā′shun, n. doing more than duty requires or is necessary for salvation, hence anything superfluous or uncalled for.—adjs. Supererog′ative, Supererog′atory (Superer′ogant).—Works of supererogation (R.C.), works not absolutely required of each individual for salvation, but which may be done for the sake of greater perfection—affording the church a store of surplus merit, to eke out the deficient merit of others. [L. super, above, erogāre, -ātum, to pay out.]
Part of speech
🔤- supererogation, noun, singular of supererogations.
