Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to a sinecure; of the nature of a sinecure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
sinecure .
Etymologies
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sinecure + -al
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Examples
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Over the centuries they became merely ceremonial posts, and the only one of this sort which survives, "Master of the Horse," has little practical connection with horses: he is the third highest official in the royal household, ranking below the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, and his main duty is to attend on the sovereign on state occasions; similarly sinecural was the now discontinued
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