good work

plural good works

1. in pluralChristianityA person's beneficent action or deed, especially one of a charitable nature that advances one's progress toward salvation.

   "Truth, sir, is that which can never pass away; the Truth of Life is Good Works, which abide everlastingly."

   1910, Jeffery Farnol, chapter 27, in The Broad Highway

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   [E]verlasting life . . . must be a righteous and just life; a loving and merciful life; for God is righteous, just, loving, merciful; and more, it must be an useful life, a life of good works.

   1859, Charles Kingsley, chapter 3, in The Good News of God

   "The church's teaching has evolved," Walsh says. "Part of indulgences is not just saying special prayers, but also doing good works."

   2009 February 22, Bonnie Rochman, “Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback”, in Time, retrieved 15 Aug 2014

1. An exclamation of praise or encouragement; good job.

   Synonyms: well done