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sinecure
[ sahy-ni-kyoor, sin-i- ]
noun
- an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.
sinecure
/ ˈsaɪnɪˌkjʊə /
noun
- a paid office or post involving minimal duties
- a Church benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral charge is attached
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Derived Forms
- ˈsineˌcurism, noun
- ˈsineˌcurist, noun
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Other Words From
- sine·cure·ship noun
- sine·cur·ism noun
- sine·curist noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sinecure1
C17: from Medieval Latin phrase ( beneficium ) sine cūrā (benefice) without cure (of souls), from Latin sine without + cūra cure, care
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Example Sentences
The job is often a sinecure offered to widely admired figures.
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By the time of the Reform Bill, a sinecure had become an anachronism.
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The business of the worthy padres among them must be a perfect sinecure.
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But the man who accepts the position of Indian Agent and conscientiously attends to its duties has no sinecure on his hands.
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Tom, however, took his knocks with a good grace, and reaped all the advantage possible out of his dangerous sinecure.
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The dean is the presiding officer in chapel: his business is to pull up the absentees—no sinecure, it is said.
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