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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To "prove" the "equation of exchange," however, is, first, a work of supererogation, and, second, in no sense a proof of the quantity theory.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
“An effort to corrupt Billy Sunday,” to use a paraphrase, “would be a work of supererogation, besides being immoral.”
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
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 Stanton, Henry B.
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