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Webster 1913 Edition
Sinecure
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
,Verb.
T.
To put or place in a sinecure.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sinecure
SI'NECURE
,Noun.