Sinecure
noun
1.
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
2.
an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.
noun
1.
a paid office or post involving minimal duties
2.
a Church benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral charge is attached
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