sinecure
sinecure · sinecures · sinecured · sinecuring
To put or place in a sinecureTo put or place in a sinecure.
UK/ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/US/ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/
» Mr Croft was comfortable with his cushy sinecure.
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1 sensesTo put or place in a sinecure.
Examples
1 sentencesMr Croft was comfortable with his cushy sinecure.
Origin
From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sinFrom 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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Forms
sinecures, sinecuring, sinecured, sinecuredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.