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 Sine qu Non.Sinews of War. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Si’necure [si’-ne-kure].
 
An enjoyment of the money attached to a benefice without having the trouble of the “cure”; also applied to any office to which a salary is attached without any duties to perform. (Latin, sine cura, without cure, or care.)   1
 


 Sine qu Non.Sinews of War. 

 
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