sinecures, w. (Latin sine cura - without care) (book). A position that gives a good income, but does not require labor.

Watch value Sinecure in other dictionaries

Sinecure J.- 1. A church position that brought a good income and was not associated with the performance of any. duties (during the Middle Ages in Europe). 2. A well-paid job that does not require much work.
Dictionary Efremova

Sinecure- A well-paid position requiring little or no work from the occupant.
Political vocabulary

Sinecure- -s; well. [from lat. sine cura - no worries] Book. A well-paid position that does not require much work. Real s.! This is not for you! Have, get a sinecure. Hungry for sinecure.
Explanatory Dictionary of Kuznetsov

Sinecure- portable
I mean, well paid
position.
Economic dictionary

Sinecure- (lat. sine whitefish - without care) - a well-paid and not very burdensome position that does not require particularly hard work.
Law Dictionary

Sinecure- (from lat. sine cura - without care) - in medieval Europe, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with any duties for the person who received it, or at least ........
Big encyclopedic dictionary

Sinecure- - without care - in medieval Europe, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with any duties or at least a necessity for the person who received it ........
Historical dictionary

Sinecure- (from lat. sine cura - without care) -eng. sinecure; German Sinekure. A well-paid position that does not require much work.
sociological dictionary

• historical. in medieval Europe, church, which brought income, but was not associated for those who received it with any duties, or at least with the need to be in the place of service
• , which gives a good income, but does not require labor.
  • ru (p.)
  • ru (book)
  • He had a carefully selected staff of officials for special assignments, and this post was not under him. sinecure, since he constantly gave them serious business trips and learned everything he needed through them.
  • Note that this lover of power does not want anything for himself personally: he distributes huge sinecures friends, and he himself is poor as a church rat.
  • It was pure water sinecure: this young man did absolutely nothing, but he often reminded others that he was the brother of a personal secretary and, through his sister, also enjoyed a certain influence on Ioffe.
• , place, position providing a carefree existence.
  • ru (p.)
  • ru (obsolete)
  • She was tireless in correcting visits: her horses did not use sinecure but earned their oats in labor and sweat.
• "non-dusty" position
• profitable position
• no-hassle job
• lucrative job with no responsibilities
• high position
• the name of positions in medieval Europe that generated income without the need to stay in the service
• warm place, lucrative position that does not require real work
• free position
• a well-paid position that does not require much work
• "non-dusty" position
• (from lat. sine cura - without worries). A position that pays well and requires almost no work, mostly income not associated with any compulsory occupation.
• lat. sine cura - without care- ist. in Europe in the Middle Ages: a church position that brought income and was not associated with the performance of any. responsibilities. Peren. a well-paid position that does not require much work.
• a position that gives a lot of income and does not require labor.
• Ph.D. a position in which the occupant usually receives a very large salary, but does almost nothing, or does very little.
• from lat. sine cura, no worries. A position that brings income and does not require any employment.
• 1. A church position that brought a good income and was not associated with the performance of any. duties (during the Middle Ages in Europe). 2. A well-paid job that does not require much work
• in medieval Europe, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with any duties for the person who received it, or at least with the need to be in the place of service; trans. - a well-paid position that does not require much work
• Hassle-free position.
• Freelance position.
• A well-paid position that does not require much work.

Synonyms for sinecure

• • warm place

Hypernyms for sinecure

• • position
  • freebie

sinecure

sinecures, w. (Latin sine cura - without care) (book). A position that gives a good income, but does not require labor.

Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova.

sinecure

Y, well. (book). A well-paid position that does not require much work [original. in medieval Europe: an ecclesiastical office with no obligations].

New explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova.

sinecure

A church position that brought a good income and was not associated with the performance of any. duties (during the Middle Ages in Europe).

A well-paid job that does not require much work.

Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1998

sinecure

SINECURE (from lat. sine cura - without care) in medieval Europe, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with any duties for the person who received it, or at least with the need to be in the place of service. Peren. - a well-paid position that does not require much work.

Sinecure

(from Latin sine whitefish ≈ without care), in the Middle Ages, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with the performance of any duties, or at least with being at the destination; distribution of S. was widely practiced by the papacy. The word "S." has become a household name for a well-paid position that does not require much work.

Wikipedia

Sinecure

Sinecure about the soul, without treatment of the soul, through) - in medieval Europe, a purely administrative position in the Catholic Church, not related to pastoral activities, caring for the souls of parishioners.

Then a figurative meaning arose, which has now become the main one - any position that brings income, but is not associated with any serious duties, or even not associated with the need to be at the place of service.

Examples of the use of the word sinecure in the literature.

The clerks soon had to make sure that this sunburned, athletic youth did not at all look at his position as sinecure, after which both they and old man Gillray began to treat him with respect.

In short, he arrived in Vienna as a librettist with Salieri's Italian opera company, and Salieri found him sinecure- arranged by the court poet.

I accepted this post along with the title of Advisor and Expert because I thought it was pure sinecure, but it turned out that in Giardia, a republic that instantly moved from the Paleolithic to the monolith of the modern social order, the FAO built a coconut canning factory, and I, as authorized representative, had to solemnly open it.

You can’t get that kind of money off a colonel’s pension, on sinecure you won't earn.

The colonel in a single-toothed mask, climbing out of me, solemnly proclaimed: - In case of successful completion of the special task, we will help you rise very, very high, sinecure Brother President himself!

Not a single question to the White Colonel regarding my assignment to sinecure Brother President himself, since Brother White Colonel threw off his one-pronged mask, turned into a smoky white cloud and dematerialized into the microphone of a special call technician.

The ruling classes of England provided them with support and patronage: Southey enjoyed the favors of the court, Coleridge was paid a pension by wealthy Wedgwood breeders, Wordsworth received a favorable sinecure and corresponded with the leaders of the British government.

That attractive force that a passionate nature invariably has for a more moderate one, respect and at the same time annoyance that a person who has achieved recognition of his talents feels near a genius who does not know how to take care of fame, all this, together with a benevolent character and sympathy for Jane, made Geoffrey look for some Carlyle sinecure, which would save him from having to be imprisoned in Cragenputtock.

But even the clever Rybnikov did not understand at first, although he was told about it directly that this Association is a special oasis sinecure who are preparing the most promising and tainted loafers for people's deputies in order to ensure their legal and fatal immunity later, and when he understood, he decided himself - what the hell is not joking - to bite off a larger piece of the common pie.

A new sinecure in our, so to speak, standard-bearing department.

There were also frequent betrayals of the old banner, the transition to the side of the winner, for which favors were eagerly begged - land, money, state sinecures.

The Italian colleague was really an exception in his capacity for work, since the rest of my colleagues looked at the Paris post as the most pleasant sinecure.

Corruption was a method of management, and the ability to distribute pensions, sinecures, bribes and, of course, titles of nobility - a source of power.

The Krug government had enough people who were looking for sinecures, idle lazy people who are ready to give Perry free rein, as long as they themselves are not forced to work.

- (from lat. sine cura without worries). A position that pays well and requires almost no work, mostly income not associated with any compulsory occupation. Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. Chudinov A.N.,… … Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language

Cm … Synonym dictionary

sinecure- uh. SINECURA s, f. sinécure f., lat. sine cura without care. A well-paid position that does not require much work, not associated with any mandatory classes. ALS 1. Salaries paid for imaginary positions that are clearly useless, for ... ... Historical Dictionary of Gallicisms of the Russian Language

From lat. sine cura without work is a well-paid and not very burdensome position. Dictionary of business terms. Akademik.ru. 2001 ... Glossary of business terms

- (from Latin sine cura without care) in medieval Europe, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with any duties for the person who received it, or at least with the need to be in the place of service. Peren. well-paid… … Big encyclopedic Dictionary

- (a place without work) a position with the only obligation to take a salary and sign. Wed Sine cura (sine without, cura care), without care. See Pasture. See Commissions... Michelson's Big Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

SINECURA, sinecures, wives. (lat. sine cura without care) (book). A position that gives a good income, but does not require labor. Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov. D.N. Ushakov. 1935 1940 ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

- (from lat. sine cura without care) eng. sinecure; German Sinekure. A well-paid position that does not require much work. Antinazi. Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2009 ... Encyclopedia of Sociology

- (from Latin sine cura without care) in a figurative sense: a well-paid and not very burdensome position. Raizberg B.A., Lozovsky L.Sh., Starodubtseva E.B. Modern economic dictionary. 2nd ed., rev. M .: INFRA M. 479 s .. 1999 ... Economic dictionary

SINECURE- (from Latin sine cura without worries) a well-paid position that does not require particularly hard work ... Legal Encyclopedia

Books

• Mrs. Dussotoire. Phonograph. Statue of Caesar Dubopré. Boot. Sinecure. Bob and fly. Mother's heart. Nature lovers. Date. Picky. He is better, thank God. The Ideal Secretary, Georges Auriol, Saint Petersburg, 1912 Edition of M. G. Kornfeld. Original cover. The safety is good. The publication is a collection of humorous stories by Georges Auriol. Publication is not subject to... Series: Cheap humorous library "Satyricon" Publisher: Edition of M. G. Kornfeld,
• Sailing Rituals, William Golding, One of the most accomplished works of English-language literature of the 20th century. The first book in Golding's legendary marine trilogy. A novel about a tragic clash between dream and reality, between... Series:

SINECURE

SINECURE

(from lat. sine cura - without worries). A position that pays well and requires almost no work, mostly income not associated with any compulsory occupation.

Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. - Chudinov A.N., 1910 .

SINECURE

[lat. sine cura - without care] - ist. in Europe in the Middle Ages: a church position that brought income and was not associated with the performance of any. responsibilities. Peren. a well-paid position that does not require much work.

Dictionary of foreign words. - Komlev N.G., 2006 .

SINECURE

a position that gives a lot of income and does not require labor.

Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. - Pavlenkov F., 1907 .

SINECURE

Ph.D. a position in which the occupant usually receives a very large salary, but does almost nothing, or does very little.

A complete dictionary of foreign words that have come into use in the Russian language. - Popov M., 1907 .

SINECURE

from lat. sine cura, no worries. A position that brings income and does not require any employment.

Explanation of 25,000 foreign words that have come into use in the Russian language, with the meaning of their roots. - Mikhelson A.D., 1865 .

Sinecure

(lat. sine whitefish without care) is a well-paid position that does not require much work.

New dictionary foreign words.- by EdwART,, 2009 .

Sinecure

sinecures, w. [ latin. sine cura - without care] (book). A position that gives a good income, but does not require labor.

A large dictionary of foreign words. - Publishing house "IDDK", 2007 .

Sinecure

s, well. (German Sinekure lat. sinecūra without care).
A well-paid position that does not require much work.

Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words L. P. Krysina.- M: Russian language, 1998 .

See what "SINECURA" is in other dictionaries:

Cm … Synonym dictionary

sinecure- uh. SINECURA s, f. sinécure f., lat. sine cura without care. A well-paid position that does not require much work, not associated with any mandatory classes. ALS 1. Salaries paid for imaginary positions that are clearly useless, for ... ... Historical Dictionary of Gallicisms of the Russian Language

From lat. sine cura without work is a well-paid and not very burdensome position. Dictionary of business terms. Akademik.ru. 2001 ... Glossary of business terms

- (from Latin sine cura without care) in medieval Europe, a church position that brought income, but was not associated with any duties for the person who received it, or at least with the need to be in the place of service. Peren. well-paid… … Big Encyclopedic Dictionary

- (a place without work) a position with the only obligation to take a salary and sign. Wed Sine cura (sine without, cura care), without care. See Pasture. See Commissions... Michelson's Big Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

SINECURA, sinecures, wives. (lat. sine cura without care) (book). A position that gives a good income, but does not require labor. Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov. D.N. Ushakov. 1935 1940 ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

SINECURA, s, female. (book). A well-paid position that does not require much work [original. in medieval Europe: an ecclesiastical office with no obligations]. Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 ... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov

- (from lat. sine cura without care) eng. sinecure; German Sinekure. A well-paid position that does not require much work. Antinazi. Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2009 ... Encyclopedia of Sociology

- (from Latin sine cura without care) in a figurative sense: a well-paid and not very burdensome position. Raizberg B.A., Lozovsky L.Sh., Starodubtseva E.B. Modern economic dictionary. 2nd ed., rev. M .: INFRA M. 479 s .. 1999 ... Economic dictionary

SINECURE- (from Latin sine cura without worries) a well-paid position that does not require particularly hard work ... Legal Encyclopedia

Books

• Mrs. Dussotoire. Phonograph. Statue of Caesar Dubopré. Boot. Sinecure. Bob and fly. Mother's heart. Nature lovers. Date. Picky. He is better, thank God. The Ideal Secretary, Georges Auriol, Saint Petersburg, 1912 Edition of M. G. Kornfeld. Original cover. The safety is good. The publication is a collection of humorous stories by Georges Auriol. Publication is not subject to... Series: Cheap humorous library "Satyricon" Publisher: