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Definitions for: Sinecure
[n] an office that involves minimal duties
[n] a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
Webster (1913) Definition: Si`ne*cure, n. [L. sine without + cura care, LL., a
cure. See Cure.]
1. An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
--Ayliffe.
2. Any office or position which requires or involves little
or no responsibility, labor, or active service.
A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. --Macaulay.
Si"ne*cure, v. t.
To put or place in a sinecure.
See Also: benefice, berth, ecclesiastical benefice, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
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