sinecure
noun
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
sinecurism
-
a word derived from
sinecure.
Example Sentences
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He did his best to reform the State Church, which he found sunk in torpor, sinecurism, and simony, while its edifices were ruins and piggeries.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
