sinecure

sinecure Definition

si·necure (sī′nə kyo̵or′, sin′ə-)

noun

Obsolete a church benefice not involving the care of souls
any office or position providing an income or other advantage but requiring little or no work

Etymology: < ML(Ec) (beneficium) sine cura, (benefice) without a cure ()< L sine, without + cura, care: see cure

sinecure Synonyms

easy job, child's play, cinch, snap*.

sinecure Usage Examples

Converse of object

become: Some small foundations had become sinecures for clerics who appropriated all the income.
have: Because they have sinecures to defend, not God.

Modifies a noun

rectory: The parish church of Hackney was a sinecure rectory, ( fn.
office: From 1806 until 1822, he held the valuable sinecure office of Clerk of the Pells.

Noun used with modifier

business: Also, according to the newspapers, he is considering a transfer to some well-rewarded business sinecure.

sinecure Quotes

I never mentioned a man but with the view Of selling my own works. The tip's a good one, as for literature It gives no man a sinecure.

—Pound, Ezra Loomis

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