sinecure

sinecure
\ \ [17] Sinecure means literally ‘without cure’. It comes from the Latin phrase beneficium sine cūrābenefice without cure’, that is to say an ecclesiastical office that does not involve the cure of souls (looking after people’s spiritual welfare), the usual duty of a priest. Hence it came to be applied to any appointment that involves payment for no work.

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  • sinécure — [ sinekyr ] n. f. • 1820; n. m. 1803 ; sinecura 1715; angl. sinecure, du lat. sine cura, abrév. de beneficium sine cura « bénéfice ecclésiastique sans travail » ♦ Charge ou emploi où l on est rétribué sans avoir rien (ou presque rien) à faire;… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sinecure — Sinécure Voir « sinécure » sur le Wiktionnaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • sinecure — si‧ne‧cure [ˈsaɪnɪkjʊə,ˈsɪn ǁ kjʊr] noun [countable] JOBS a job which you get paid for even though you do not have to do very much: • The bureaucrats saw their sinecures endangered by the demand for efficiency. * * * sinecure UK US /ˈsɪnɪkjʊər/… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sinecure — Si ne*cure, v. t. To put or place in a sinecure. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sinecure — Sinecure, im Sprachgebrauche eine Anstellung, welche Vortheile einträgt ohne Mühe, oder Arbeit zu verursachen, namentlich aber in dieser Beziehung auf geistliche Pfründen angewendet …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Sinecure — (vom lat. sine cura, ohne Sorge), Amt mit Gehalt und wenigen oder gar keinen Geschäften …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • sinecure — noun easily managed job, easy chore, easy employment, easy job, easy labor, effortless assignment, effortless employment, effortless undertaking, effortless work, light labor, light work, simple job, soft job, undemanding chore, undemanding job,… …   Law dictionary

  • sinecure — 1660s, church benefice without parish duties, from M.L. beneficium sine cura benefice without care (of souls), from L. sine without + cura, ablative singular of cura care (see CURE (Cf. cure)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sinecure — meaning ‘a position that requires little or no work but provides profit or honour’, is normally pronounced siy ni kyoo ǝ, with the first syllable like sign …   Modern English usage

  • sinecure — ► NOUN ▪ a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit. ORIGIN from Latin sine cura without care …   English terms dictionary

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