See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

SINECURE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. sine cura, without care)  , properly a See also:

• TERM

term of ecclesiastical See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, for a See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice without the cure of souls (bene-.iicium sine cura) . In the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church such sinecures arise when the See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector has no cure of souls nor resides in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, the See also:

• WORK

work of the See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

incumbent being performed by a See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar; such See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure rectories were expressly granted by the See also:

• PATRON

patron; they were abolished by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 184o . Other ecclesiastical sinecures are certain See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral dignities to which no spiritual See also:

• FUNCTION

function attached or incumbencies where by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of depopulation and the like the parishioners have disappeared or the parish church has been allowed to decay . Such cases have ceased to exist . The term is also used of any See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office or See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, to which a See also:

• SALARY

salary, emoluments or dignity but no duties are attached . The See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CIVIL

civil service and royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household were loaded with innumerable offices which by See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time had become sinecures and were only kept as the See also:

• REWARD

reward of See also:

• POLITICAL

political services or to secure voting See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . They were extremely prevalent in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and were gradually abolished by statutes during that and the following century .