Definitions for sinecure

sinecure si·ne·cure

Spelling: [sahy-ni-kyoo r, sin-i-]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ nɪˌkyʊər, ˈsɪn ɪ-/

Sinecure is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in sinecure (ceeinrsu).

Definitions for sinecure

noun

  1. an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
  2. an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.

Origin of sinecure

1655-65; Medieval Latin (beneficium) sine cūrā (benefice) without care; see cure

Examples for sinecure

As to his sinecure, he said, 'Perhaps he might not keep it long.'

He had seen enough to realize that pulling a trawl was no sinecure.

The life of a Med Ship man is not exactly a sinecure, at best.

The job is often a sinecure offered to widely admired figures.

And for the next quarter of an hour the place of the poor repeater was no sinecure.

The post of the latter, however, was a sinecure, as the wind had again fallen.

He lived, however, at Leatherhead, Slinfold being a sinecure.

The position of General Manager as Bruce interpreted it was no sinecure.

Sure I know what a sinecure is: it's a place where there's nothing to do, and they pay you by the piece.

The position of the mistress of a family in those centuries was no sinecure.

Word Value for sinecure
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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