Apedia

Act Required Church Good Supererogation Soo Per Eh Ruh Gay Shun Noun Performing

Supererogation is the act of doing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need.

Supererogation is the act of doing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need.

Front supererogation \soo-per-eh-ruh-GAY-shun\
Back noun
The act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need.

["Supererogation" has long had a special meaning within the Roman Catholic church for acts that are morally good but not required for salvation by God. Church doctrine holds that such good works make up a reserve fund of merit that can be drawn on by prayer in favour of sinners. In recent decades, "supererogation" has taken on another sense in philosophy, for a much-debated topic that refers to the nature of duty and to what extent moral actions can be optional.]

"For the rest, the staging is an act of supererogation, a distraction from the grandeur of Gluck's opera."

Tags: priorityhigh

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Verb color opaque scumble word skum-bul make painting

Previous card: Precipitate pri-sip-i-teyt tit adjective sense falling flowing rushing

Up to card list: Hard English Vocabulary