SINECURE

PRONUNCIATION: (SY-ni-kyoor, SIN-i-)

MEANING: noun: A position in which one is paid for little or no work.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin beneficium sine cura (a church position not involving caring for the souls of the parishioners), from sine (without) + cura (care). Earliest documented use: 1662.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: War is merely the continuation of policy by other means. -Carl von Clausewitz, general and military theorist (1 Jun 1780-1831
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SEINECURÉ - the priest in Notre Dame cathedral

SHINECURE - fighting depression with high-gloss shoes

SINECURVE - ~