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Webster 1913 Edition


Sinecure

Siˊne-cure

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To put or place in a sinecure.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sinecure

SI'NECURE

,
Noun.
[L. sine, without, and cura, cure, care.] An office which has revenue without employment; in church affairs, a benefice without cure of souls. [This is the original and proper sense of the word.] Sine die, [L. without day.] An adjournment sine die is and adjournment without fixing the time of resuming business. When a defendant is suffered to go sine die, he is dismissed the court.

Definition 2024


sinécure

sinécure

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French

Noun

sinécure f (plural sinécures)

  1. sinecure