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sinecure

sinecure · sinecures

синекура, тёпленькое местечко, кормушка

Sinekure, Versorgungsposten

A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample paymentA position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.

UK/ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/US/ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/

» Mr Croft was comfortable with his cushy sinecure.

Значення

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A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
Sinekure, Versorgungsposten
синеку́раsinekúra, тёпленькое месте́чкоtjóplenʹkoje mestéčko, корму́шкаkormúška
(історичне)An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.

Ще визначення

an office that involves minimal duties
a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached

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Русский

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a position that requires no work but still gives a payment:

Deutsch

За значеннями 1

a position that requires no work but still gives a payment:

Походження

From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sin

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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