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sinecure

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Noun — A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.

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From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).

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