noun · rare

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.

Meaning

2 senses

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
(historical)An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.

More definitions

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

Examples

1 sentences

Mr Croft was comfortable with his cushy sinecure.
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Translations

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Русский

By meaning 1

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

Deutsch

By meaning 1

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

Origin

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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