Today's Word "supererogatory"
Going beyond what is required
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supererogatory \soo-puhr-ih-ROG-uh-tor-ee\ (adjective) - 1 : Going beyond what is required or expected. 2 : Superfluous; unnecessary.
"He deemed the leading of an ascetic life ultimately as a supererogatory act, since baptism was the sole criterion by which one's Christian identity could be defined." -- Willemien Otten, 'Augustine on marriage, monasticism, and the community of the church'
Supererogatory comes from Latin supererogare , "to spend over and above," from super , "over, above" + erogare , "to ask for," from e- , "out" + rogare , "to ask, to request."
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