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- Dictionarysinecure/ˈsɪnɪkjʊə/
noun
- 1. a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit: "political sinecures for the supporters of ministers"
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A sinecure is an office, carrying a salary or otherwise generating income, that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service. The term originated in the medieval church, where it signified a post without any responsibility for the "cure [care] of souls", the regular liturgical and pastoral functions of a cleric, but came to be applied to any post, secular or ecclesia... Wikipedia