Sinecure

In ecolesiastical law. When a rector of a parish neither resides nor performs duty at his benefice, but has a vicar under him endowed and charged with the cure thereof, this ls termed a "sinecure," Brown. An ecelesiastlcal benefice without cure of souls. In popular usage, the term denotes an office which yields a revenue to the incumbent, but makes little or no demand upon hls time or attention.