单词	sinecure
释义	sinecuresi‧ne‧cure /ˈsaɪnɪkjʊə, ˈsɪn- $ -kjʊr/ noun [countable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINsinecure Origin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin sine cura ‘without cure (of souls), without the usual duties of a priest’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Among the sinecures were chiefly the remaining canonries in cathedrals and colleges. Barnes railway bridge was a sinecure compared with the limbo of the Willesden Marshalling Yards. Both categories could keep any number of sinecures with their permitted number of cures. It was not long before the Princess proved that her patronage was not intended as a sinecure. The schoolmaster's appointment was at times treated as a sinecure for the vicar of Evenley, a Magdalen living. This lucrative sinecure was owned from 1554 to 1723 by the Thurn-Taxis family. a job which you get paid for even though you do not have to do very much work
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