Definitionn. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
Last update: July 4, 2016
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Gave him in 1623 the sinecure lay rectory of Whitford, Flintshire, worth 120 a year. [noun]
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"He is but an extravagantly paid official, whose office is a sinecure, and who sells something of his prerogative every session for a new grant of money." [noun]
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Therefore he never could hold aloof from the Free and Frisky gatherings, and accepted the chair upon Bumper-nights, when it was a sinecure benefice. [noun]
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To be Marshal here is to hold a sinecure, yet it has its compensations. [Please select]
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He kept his sinecure by mastering his tongue, preserving almost bovine speechlessness. [Please select]
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With such material, his work could not be a sinecure. [Please select]
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Agneau, as chaplain on board, was by no means a sinecure. [Please select]
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