sinecure
[sahy-ni-kyoo r, sin-i-]
noun
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.
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Origin of sinecure
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Contemporary Examples of sinecure
The job is often a sinecure offered to widely admired figures.
Historical Examples of sinecure
The life of a Med Ship man is not exactly a sinecure, at best.
Pariah PlanetMurray Leinster
And for the next quarter of an hour the place of the poor repeater was no sinecure.
Stories of ComedyVarious
As to his sinecure, he said, 'Perhaps he might not keep it long.'
The Valet's Tragedy and Other StoriesAndrew Lang
Sure I know what a sinecure is: it's a place where there's nothing to do, and they pay you by the piece.
The Jest BookMark Lemon
He lived, however, at Leatherhead, Slinfold being a sinecure.
Highways & Byways in SussexE.V. Lucas
sinecure
noun
Word Origin for sinecure
C17: from Medieval Latin phrase (beneficium) sine cūrā (benefice) without cure (of souls), from Latin sine without + cūra cure, care
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