sinecure

• This sinecure was attached to a church in Brescia in northern Italy and would have guaranteed a small annual income for the rest of Vincenzio ;s life in exchange for no real work. —  Galileo in Rome
• The author before us had no sinecure, and after the news of Ibrahim's retreat, galloped hither and thither, like the wild huntsman of a German story, to discover by what route the vanquished lion was growling his way to his den. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
• The superintendent of government soon found that his office was a sinecure, as all attempt at coercion in that half-civilised country would have been not only useless but dangerous. —  Diary in America, Series One
• She ceased to be tired, ceased to feel herself, "after her journey," capable of nothing but sitting still and hearing of all that had been done since she went away In the course of the evening, however, Ursula took advantage of a quiet moment to look into the dictionary and make herself quite safe about the meaning of the word sinecure. —  Phoebe, Junior
• The hated word sinecure did not seem to affect him from her lips as it would have done from any one else's. —  Phoebe, Junior

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