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sinecure [ˈsaɪnɪkjʊəʳ, Am -nəkjʊr] N

sinecure

синеку́ра f

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He was awarded with a sinecure office in the royal administration. en.wikipedia.org

The office itself was at this time a sinecure. en.wikipedia.org

Most of these are sinecures, i.e. purely ceremonial. en.wikipedia.org

These officers were paid by fee and did their work by deputy, and a further 144 sinecures abolished. en.wikipedia.org

Many more members held other sinecures of various kinds, mostly clerkships in government departments, posts which usually involved no actual work. en.wikipedia.org

He was opposed to unfair and excessive taxation, and had no titled relatives to be supported by public sinecures. en.wikipedia.org

Often their real importance was very different from their rank: on the one hand, sinecures and supernumerary appointments allowed enjoying benefits without performing full service. en.wikipedia.org

He abolished sinecures and pushed for greater simplicity in preaching as well as greater reverence in worship - requesting this of both the clergy and faithful. en.wikipedia.org

It was said that he had brought its administration to such perfection that the post of minister of education became almost a sinecure. en.wikipedia.org

The position was a sinecure with an annual salary initially of around 300, later rising to around 500 per annum by 1821. en.wikipedia.org

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