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supererogation





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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In the animal kingdom, a surreptitious and supposititious supererogation.

From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Hubbard, Elbert

It were no less than supererogation to adduce evidences of the romantic spirit of the age of Shakespeare.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

“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




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