Usually means: Job requiring little to no work.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word sinecure:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sinecure: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. sinecure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sinecure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sinecure: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sinecure: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sinecure, sinecure: Wordnik
  7. sinecure: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. sinecure: Wiktionary
  9. sinecure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. sinecure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sinecure: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sinecure: Dictionary.com
  13. sinecure: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Sinecure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Sinecure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sinecure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. sinecure: Rhymezone
  18. Sinecure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. sinecure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. sinecure: Free Dictionary
  21. sinecure: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. sinecure: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. sinecure: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. sinecure: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. sinecure: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sinecure: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sinecure: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sinecure: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
noun:  (historical) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
adjective:  Requiring no work for an ample reward.
adjective:  Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose.
verb:  (transitive) To put or place in a sinecure.

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