Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sinecure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sinecure \Si`ne*cure\, n. [L. sine without + cura care, LL., a
cure. See {Cure}.]
1. An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
--Ayliffe.
2. Any office or position which requires or involves little
or no responsibility, labor, or active service.
A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sinecure \Si"ne*cure\, v. t.
To put or place in a sinecure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sinecure
n 1: a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are
attached
2: an office that involves minimal duties
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