title

1. A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also
2. Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

   a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title

3. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
4. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
5. The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

   I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.

6. A publication.

   Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.

7. A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
8. (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

   The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.

9. The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
10. The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
11. A division of an act of law

    Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act

12. The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

verb

To assign a title to; to entitle.