sinecure (An ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls)

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• sinecure — si•ne•cure [[t]ˈsaɪ nɪˌkyʊər, ˈsɪn ɪ [/t]] n. 1) an office or position requiring little or no work, esp. one yielding profitable returns 2) rel archaic an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls • Etymology: 1655–65; < ML (beneficium)… …   From formal English to slang

• sinecure — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin sine cura without cure (of souls) Date: 1662 1. archaic an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls 2. an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sinecure — sinecureship, n. sinecurism, n. sinecurist, n. /suy ni kyoor , sin i /, n. 1. an office or position requiring little or no work, esp. one yielding profitable returns. 2. an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls. [1655 65; < ML… …   Universalium

• Ecclesiastical Commissioners — were, in England and Wales, a body corporate, whose full title is Ecclesiastical and Church Estates Commissioners for England. The commissioners were authorized to determine the distribution of revenues of the Church of England, and they made… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — /ˈsɪnəkjʊə / (say sinuhkyoouh), /ˈsaɪnəkjʊə / (say suynuhkyoouh) noun 1. an office requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns. 2. Christian Church a church benefice which does not entail spiritual or pastoral care or… …  

• sinecure — [17] Sinecure means literally ‘without cure’. It comes from the Latin phrase beneficium sine cūrā ‘benefice without cure’, that is to say an ecclesiastical office that does not involve the cure of souls (looking after people’s spiritual welfare) …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• sinecure — [17] Sinecure means literally ‘without cure’. It comes from the Latin phrase beneficium sine cūrā ‘benefice without cure’, that is to say an ecclesiastical office that does not involve the cure of souls (looking after people’s spiritual welfare) …   Word origins

• si|ne|cure — «SY nuh kyur, SIHN uh », noun. 1. an extremely easy job; position requiring little or no work and usually paying well: »His job has become a profession instead of a drowsy sinecure, as it was in the eighteenth century (New Yorker). 2. an… …   Useful english dictionary