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sinecure


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinecure  \Si`ne*cure\,  n.  [L.  sine  without  +  cura  care  LL.,  a 
  cure.  See  {Cure}.] 
  1.  An  ecclesiastical  benefice  without  the  care  of  souls. 
  --Ayliffe. 
 
  2.  Any  office  or  position  which  requires  or  involves  little 
  or  no  responsibility,  labor,  or  active  service. 
 
  A  lucrative  sinecure  in  the  Excise.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinecure  \Si"ne*cure\,  v.  t. 
  To  put  or  place  in  a  sinecure. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinecure 
  n  1:  a  benefice  to  which  no  spiritual  or  pastoral  duties  are 
  attached 
  2:  an  office  that  involves  minimal  duties 




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