sinecure

Meanings

1. A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
2. An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.

1. Requiring no work for an ample reward.
2. Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose.

1. To put or place in a sinecure.

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).