Sinecure

n.	1.	An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
	2.	Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service. A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. - Macaulay.
v. t.	1.	To put or place in a sinecure.

Noun	1.	sinecure - a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
	2.	sinecure - an office that involves minimal duties

SINECURE. In the ecclesiastical law, this term is used to signify that an ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure.
     2. In common parlance it means the receipt of a salary for an office when there are no duties to be performed.

benefice, ecclesiastical benefice