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sinecure

[ sahy-ni-kyoor, sin-i- ]

noun

  1. an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
  2. an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.


sinecure

/ ˈsaɪnɪˌkjʊə /

noun

  1. a paid office or post involving minimal duties
  2. 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

  • sine·cure·ship noun
  • sine·cur·ism noun
  • sine·curist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sinecure1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Medieval Latin (beneficium) sine cūrā “(benefice) without care (of parishioners).” See cure

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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

But, while the title was supposed to be a sinecure, instead Smith went from running for the nation’s highest office to running around trying to rent the highest offices.

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The job is often a sinecure offered to widely admired figures.

By the time of the Reform Bill, a sinecure had become an anachronism.

The business of the worthy padres among them must be a perfect sinecure.

But the man who accepts the position of Indian Agent and conscientiously attends to its duties has no sinecure on his hands.

Tom, however, took his knocks with a good grace, and reaped all the advantage possible out of his dangerous sinecure.

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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