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ˈsinecurist
[f. as prec. + -ist. Cf. F. sinécuriste.]
One who has or seeks a sinecure.
1817W. Hone (title), The Sinecurist's Creed. Whosoever will be a Sinecurist [etc.]. 1845Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors xvii. (1857) I. 266 The Masters in Chancery were considered overgrown and oppressive sinecurists. 1884Law Times LXXVIII. 9/1 What else is a ground landlord but a sinecurist quartered on the land.
attrib.1818Bentham Ch. Eng., Catech. Exam. 306 The parsonages deserted by Sinecurist Incumbents. Ibid. 325. |