sinecure
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sinecure
noun easily managed job, easy chore, easy employment, easy job, easy labor, effortless assignment, effortless employment, effortless undertaking, effortless work, light labor, light work, simple job, soft job, undeeanding chore, undemanding job, undemanding taskSINECURE. In the ecclesiastical law, this term is used to signify that an
ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure.
2. In common parlance it means the receipt of a salary for an office
when there are no duties to be performed.