- Look up
sinecure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
sinecure (/ˈsɪnɪkjʊər/ or /ˈsaɪnɪkjʊər/; from the
Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is a...
- "No
Sinecure" is a
short story by E. W. Hornung, and
features the
gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his
companion and biographer,
Bunny Manders. The story...
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raising large amounts of money. Many of the
clerks and
other officials held
sinecures; the holders, in lieu of wages,
charged increasingly exorbitant fees to...
- also
called the
Emoluments Clause, or the
Incompatibility Clause, or the
Sinecure Clause) is a
provision in
Article 1,
Section 6,
Clause 2 of the United...
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Steward and
Bailiff of the
Chiltern Hundreds,
having been
reduced to a mere
sinecure by the 17th century, was
first used by John Pitt (of Encombe) in 1751 to...
- government, the
officeholder is
usually a
member of the
Cabinet holding a
sinecure position such as
Minister without Portfolio.
Deputy or Vice
Chairmen of...
- both
outright and indirect.
Honorary titles also
serve as
positions of
sinecure and
honorary retirement. Some
examples of
honorary titles from various...
- in practice, it
amounted to the same thing. By 1745, the
office was a
sinecure,
where all the work was
undertaken by the auditor's deputies. In the 1780s...
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without specific responsibility as head of a
government department. The
sinecure is
particularly common in
countries ruled by
coalition governments and...
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whose main role is
usually quite different. In
practical terms, it is a
sinecure,
allowing the
prime minister to
appoint an
additional minister without...
