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Titular
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Titular has 5 senses
- titular(a = adj.pert) titulary - of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights" Derived form noun title7
- titular(a = adj.pert) Array - of or bearing a title signifying status or function; "of titular rank" Derived form noun title6
- titular(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to the title of a work of art; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book" Derived form noun title2
- titular(a = adj.pert) Array - of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility; "titular dignitaries" Derived form noun title9
- titular(s = adj.all) nominal - existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Titular, a. [F. titulaire, fr. L. titulus. See Title.].
Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince. [1913 Webster]
"If these magnificent titles yet remain
Not merely titular." [1913 Webster]
Not merely titular." [1913 Webster]
Titular bishop. See under Bishop .
Titular, n.
A titulary. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Titular, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to a title (the book's titular hero).
2 existing, or being what is specified, in name or title only (titular ruler; titular sovereignty).
--n.
1 the holder of an office etc. esp. a benefice, without the corresponding functions or obligations.
2 a titular saint.
--adj.
1 of or relating to a title (the book's titular hero).
2 existing, or being what is specified, in name or title only (titular ruler; titular sovereignty).
--n.
1 the holder of an office etc. esp. a benefice, without the corresponding functions or obligations.
2 a titular saint.
Idiom
titular bishop a bishop, esp. in a non-Christian country, with a see named after a Christian see no longer in existence. titular saint the patron saint of a particular church.
Derivative
titularly adv.
Etymology
F titulaire or mod.L titularis f. titulus TITLE
THESAURUS
Titular
byname, cognominal, diminutive, epithetic, formal, honorific, hypocoristic, in name only, nominal, nominative, putative, quasi, self-called, self-christened, self-styled, so-called, soi-disant, theoretical, titulary, token, would-beROGET THESAURUS
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Word
N word, term, vocable, name, phrase, root, etymon, derivative, part of speech, ideophone, dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary, index, concordance, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, etymology, derivation, glossology, terminology orismology, paleology, lexicography, glossographer, lexicologist, verbarian, verbal, literal, titular, nominal, conjugate, paronymous, derivative, verbally, verbatim, the artillery of words.Nomenclature
N nomenclature, naming, nuncupation, nomination, baptism, orismology, onomatopoeia, antonomasia, name, appelation, appelative, designation, title, heading, rubric, caption, denomination, by-name, epithet, style, proper name, praenomen, agnomen, cognomen, patronymic, surname, cognomination, eponym, compellation, description, antonym, empty title, empty name, handle to one's name, namesake, term, expression, noun, byword, convertible terms, technical term, cant, named, hight, ycleped, known as, what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly, nuncupatory, nuncupative, cognominal, titular, nominal, orismological, beggar'd all description.
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