I am going to go out on a limb and say that that "supererogation" is yet another one of these instances. on 01 May 2009 at 11: 40 pm + Alan. From Wordnik.com. [internetmonk.com] Reference
I am affecting the large bounties of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
A greater good is one that pertains to supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
A Barmecide's feast of fame is a supererogation of malice. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832] Reference
‘But it was quite a work of supererogation on my part.’. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
To do more was supererogation, and ought to be credited to zeal. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
Haymaking and the building of barns are works of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
The Apostle had recourse to this supererogation for three motives. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
It does however exclude the credit of supererogation, according to 1 Cor. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
She had accumulated religious force enough to do an act of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
Some readers will consider such an inquiry to be a work of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
Giving a gift to a powerful person can be seen as an act of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [MJR Montoya: On the Politics of Giving and Receiving -- Obama and the Peace Prize] Reference
To attempt, even, to prove it wrong, would seem to be a work of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Right of American Slavery] Reference
An official disclaimer would not have been (to my mind) a work of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Guermantes Way] Reference
With troops pouring into the country, wherefore the need of so much supererogation?. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
For precepts are not given about works of supererogation which are a matter of counsel. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
This dish is not obligatory; recollect that it is but a culinary work of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
(It would not be ludicrous supererogation to add that the italics are entirely mine.). From Wordnik.com. [REGIME CHANGE, LANGUAGE CHANGE] Reference
I could crowd this chapter with similar incidents, but it would be a work of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
A gift is often an act of supererogation, something that is morally good to do, but not required. From Wordnik.com. [MJR Montoya: On the Politics of Giving and Receiving -- Obama and the Peace Prize] Reference
These observances are neither farz, nor sunnat, but nawáfil, (sing. nafl), works of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
Dumont has performed this service here very diligently; and, by way of supererogation, has sent the. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
On this principle, President Johnson's labors in organizing State governments were works of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Now fasting is a work of supererogation: else it would have to be equally observed at all places and times. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
The continuum ends with high-level acts of supererogation such as heroic acts of self-sacrifice to benefit others. From Wordnik.com. [The Principle of Beneficence in Applied Ethics] Reference
You can very well observe the three obediences and four virtues, but this softness of yours is a work of supererogation!. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Another issue raised by attempts to subject the concept of supererogation to some version of the general schema is that of. From Wordnik.com. [How to Kill a Missionary] Reference
For those things seemingly belong to religious perfection, which are works of supererogation and are not binding upon all. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Unremitting was the attention shown, nurses and doctors alike doing their utmost, even to works of supererogation, on her behalf. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
They cannot be lower: perhaps they wish not to be higher: and, not able to do for every one, I aim not at works of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
'Itikáf can be performed at any time other than the last ten days of Ramazán, but then it is only mustahab, a work of supererogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
Now it is evident that to live without possessing anything is a work of supererogation, for it is a matter not of precept but of counsel. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
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