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Definition of Titular
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a legal title to something. "Titulary rights"
2. Adjective. Of or bearing a title signifying status or function. "Of titular rank"
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the title of a work of art. "The titular theme of the book"
4. Adjective. Of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility. "Titular dignitaries"
5. Adjective. Existing in name only. "The nominal (or titular) head of his party"
Definition of Titular
1. a. Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.
2. n. A titulary.
Definition of Titular
1. Adjective. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title. ¹
2. Adjective. Existing in name only; nominal. ¹
3. Adjective. (proscribed) Named or referred to in the title. ¹
4. Noun. One who holds a title. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Titular
1. one who holds a title [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Titular
Literary usage of Titular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(4) Eastern Chi-li, erected 23 Dec., 1899; under the Lazarists; residence,
Yung-p'ing; vicar Apostolic, Ernest Francis Geurts, appointed titular Bishop of ..."
2. American Journal of Education (1871)
"... titular of harp; 4 Professors titular of violin; 2 Professors titular of
violoncello; 1 Professor titular of centre basse; 1 Professor titular of flute; ..."
3. Science and Art: Systems, Institutions and Statistics of Scientific by Henry Barnard (1872)
"... of clavier for women ; 1 Professor titular of harp ; 4 Professors titular ...
2 Professors titular of violoncello; 1 Professor titular of centre basse; ..."
4. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"A decree pronounced in the year 1648, in a process of valuation and modification
before the High Commission, at the instance of the titular against the ..."
5. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1902)
"He was the titular head of a titular hierarchy, which in him began to vex the
Church of ... the titular Bishop of Ross in Carbery, and Maurice Macgibbon, ..."
6. The Organ: Writings and Other Utterances on Its Structure, History, Procural by John Watson Warman (1898)
"As to the third advantage of the titular, not only will the description of the
Author ... For the DISADVANTAGES of the titular Sub-Ordination, refer to such ..."
7. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1896)
"who was never loyal to Ministers whom he disliked, and who held himself entitled
to consult these titular Cabinet Ministers to the disadvantage of those who ..."
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