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sinecure

Definitions

noun

  1. an office that involves minimal duties
  2. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached

Examples

A governorship was a lucrative and prestigious position, but it was not a sinecure.

Yeah, but at least Sullivan got elected to something even if its a minor town meeting based sinecure, that is way more than Kerry Healey could say prior to 2002.

All the world — meaning the ecclesiastical world as confined to the English church — knew that the wardenship of the Barchester Hospital was a snug sinecure, but no one had ever been blamed for accepting it.

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