- Look up
sinecure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
sinecure (/ˈsɪnɪkjʊər/ or /ˈsaɪnɪkjʊər/; from the
Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is a...
- also
called the
Emoluments Clause, or the
Incompatibility Clause, or the
Sinecure Clause) is a
provision in
Article 1,
Section 6,
Clause 2 of the United...
- case to the
Court of Chancery. The 19th
century saw the
abolition of many
sinecure offices and the
institution of a wage and
pension for the lord chancellor...
- "No
Sinecure" is a
short story by E. W. Hornung, and
features the
gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his
companion and biographer,
Bunny Manders. The story...
-
until 1895.
While many of his
predecessors had
approached the
office as a
sinecure,
Roosevelt fought the
spoilsmen and
demanded enforcement of
civil service...
- been any
appointments of
ministers without portfolio. A
similar but not
sinecural cabinet position, that of
Minister Adjunct (ministro adjunto), who does...
- government, the
officeholder is
usually a
member of the
Cabinet holding a
sinecure position such as
Minister without Portfolio.
Deputy or Vice
Chairmen of...
-
Sujatha Singh’s two year
tenure as
Foreign Secretary.
Singh was
offered a
sinecure as
compensation but
preferred to
resign from
government service. Jaishankar...
-
cabinet meetings. (If so, they hold the
title of "Party chairman".) The
sinecure positions of Lord
Privy Seal,
Paymaster General, and
Chancellor of the...
- then
thought he
might serve out his
career in some well-paying
county sinecure; cir****stances
changed when
Pendergast reluctantly backed him as the machine's...
