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Sinecure

nounid 126671·updated May 18, 2026
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a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Sinecures
possessive
Sinecure's
pluralpossessive
Sinecures'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
an office that involves minimal duties
§2
a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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