Definitions
an office that involves minimal duties
Word origin
From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
Used in a sentence
“Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]”
“A lucrative sinecure in the Excise was bestowed on Ferguson.”
“His prospects consisted of a hope that if he kept up appearances somebody would do something for him. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cushy job”8 letters
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