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Definition of Supererogation
1. Noun. An effort above and beyond the call of duty.
Definition of Supererogation
1. n. The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Definition of Supererogation
1. Noun. (religion) Doing more than is required. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Supererogation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supererogation
Literary usage of Supererogation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1893)
"Pierce's supererogation." Gabriel Harvey, having been repulsed in his attempt to
be at peace with Nash, began a long pamphlet against him called " Pierce's ..."
2. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"GABRIEL HARVEY (FROM PIERCES supererogation AND A NEW LETTER OF NOTABLE ...
is taken from Pierce's supererogation \ or \ A New Prayse of the \ Old Asse. ..."
3. Elizabethan & Jacobean Pamphlets by George Saintsbury, Thomas Lodge, John Lyly, Nicholas Breton, Robert Greene, Gabriel Harvey, Thomas Nash, Thomas Dekker (1892)
"The war of pamphlets between Harvey and Nash was a very furious word- battle,
and its two chief monuments, Pierce's supererogation and Have with you to ..."
4. The Catholic Doctrine of the Church of England: An Exposition of the Thirty by Thomas Rogers, John James Stewart Perowne (1854)
"Of Works of supererogation. Voluntary works, (I) besides, over and above, ...
Works of supererogation cannot bo taught without arrogancy and impiety. 2. ..."
5. Endymion, the Man in the Moon: Played Before the Queen's Majesty at by John Lyly (1894)
"This was probably circulated in MS., but was not published until 1593, when it
appeared as the second part of Pierce's supererogation. ..."
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