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What does supererogatory mean?

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Adjective
  1. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism
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Bloodletting is supererogatory anyway, and serves merely to whet the appetite.
What supererogatory marks of special hospitality did the host show his guest?
Wilson does obtrude, though, with a half-hour introductory jazz concert that is supererogatory, even if Cheryl Alexander is a very winning performer.
While I was offering a supererogatory prayer, the imam entered the obligatory prayer.
The relative merits and defects in each have to do with the kind of definition of the supererogatory as well as with some fundamental beliefs about the nature of morality and the source of moral value.
My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have imposed upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him.

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