Sinecure Definition

sīnĭ-kyo͝or, sĭnĭ-
sinecures
noun
Any office or position providing an income or other advantage but requiring little or no work.
Webster's New World
A church benefice not involving the care of souls.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To put or place in a sinecure.
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Other Word Forms of Sinecure

Noun

Singular:
sinecure
Plural:
sinecures

Origin of Sinecure

  • From Medieval Latin (beneficium) sine cūrā (benefice) without cure (of souls) Latin sine without Latin cūrā ablative of cūra care cure

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sine (“without") + cÅ«rā (“care") in beneficium sine cÅ«rā (“benefice without care").

    From Wiktionary

Sinecure Sentence Examples

  • He took orders on his presentation to the vicarage of Bridstow in the following year, and a small sinecure living in Wales was besides procured for him by his friend Samuel Molyneux (1689-1728).

  • The task assumed by the new president was no sinecure.

  • The living was practically a sinecure, and he devoted himself to political pamphleteering and newspaper correspondence, the result of extensive European travel, a wide acquaintance with the leading personages of the day, strong views on ecclesiastical subjects from a high-church standpoint, and particularly on the politics of the Eastern Question and Mahommedanism.

  • He declined the offer of the chair of philosophy in the university in 1723, but accepted, in 1727, the sinecure office of librarian to the city of his adoption.

  • A prebend is practically a sinecure, and the holder has no cure of souls as such.

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Words Starting With

SSISIN

Words Ending With

EREURE

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