Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached;
2.
an office that involves minimal duties;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Any office or position which requires or involves little
or no responsibility, labor, or active service.
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A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sinecure \Si"ne*cure\, v. t.
To put or place in a sinecure.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sinecure
n 1: a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are
attached
2: an office that involves minimal duties
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
SINECURE. In the ecclesiastical law, this term is used to signify that an
ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure.
2. In common parlance it means the receipt of a salary for an office
when there are no duties to be performed.