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Sinecure
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- 1 Requiring no work for an ample reward. not-comparable
"By the act of union (1800), the offices of Irish secretary, a sinecure post, and lord lieutenant's secretary were combined."
- 2 Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose. not-comparable
"The old man hastily pulled down his spectacles from their sinecure office on his forehead, and looked at her with an expression of most angry amazement."
- 1 A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
"Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]"
- 2 an office that involves minimal duties wordnet
- 3 An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. historical
- 4 a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached wordnet
- 1 To put or place in a sinecure. transitive
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
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