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Webster 1913 Edition
Supererogation
Suˊper-erˊo-ga′tion
,Noun.
[L.
supererogatio
a payment in addition.] The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Works of supererogation
(R. C. Ch.)
, those good deeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over and above what is required for their own salvation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supererogation
SUPEREROGA'TION
,Noun.
There is no such thing as works of supererogation.