sinecure in English

noun

1

a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

But transforming teacher jobs from moderately paid union sinecures to highly paid professional positions sounds like a good first step.

synonyms: easy job, cushy job, soft option, picnic, cinch, easy money, free ride, gravy train

noun

easy job, cushy job, soft option, picnic, cinch, easy money, free ride, gravy train

Use "sinecure" in a sentence

1. This is a [ not a, no ] sinecure.

2. This is hardly a [ not a, no ] sinecure.

3. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.

4. This lucrative sinecure was owned from 1554 to 1723 by the Thurn-Taxis family.

5. His stable services were merely a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.

6. He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly - paid than his old job had been.

7. Benefice definition: an endowed church office giving income to its holder synonyms: spiritualty, ecclesiastical Benefice, spirituality, church property, sinecure

8. It was not long before the Princess proved that her patronage was not intended as a sinecure.

9. Benefices definition: an endowed church office giving income to its holder synonyms: spiritualty, ecclesiastical benefice, spirituality, church property, sinecure

10. ‘His Churchly and scholarly contributions were recognized by his election to the moderatorship of the Free Church Federal Council.’ ‘Unlike his brothers, he was a freelance artist with no Churchly sinecure to guarantee him income.’

11. Benefice: 1 n an endowed church office giving income to its holder Synonyms: ecclesiastical Benefice Types: sinecure a Benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached Type of: church property , spirituality , spiritualty property or income owned by a church v endow with a Benefice Type of: dower , endow furnish with an endowment