Usually means: Beyond what duty requires; optional.
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  1. supererogatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. supererogatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. supererogatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. supererogatory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. supererogatory: Vocabulary.com
  6. Supererogatory, supererogatory: Wordnik
  7. supererogatory: Wiktionary
  8. supererogatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. supererogatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. supererogatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. supererogatory: Dictionary.com
  12. Supererogatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Supererogatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. supererogatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. supererogatory: Rhymezone
  16. Supererogatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. supererogatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. supererogatory: FreeDictionary.org
  19. supererogatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. supererogatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. supererogatory: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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  1. supererogatory: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (supererogatory)

adjective:  Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism.

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