titular

Meaning of titular

adjective
  1. holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.
    the queen is titular head of the Church of England
    a titular post
  2. relating to or denoted by a title.
    the work's titular song
  3. denoting any of the parish churches in Rome to which cardinals are formally appointed.
    the priests of the titular churches

late 16th century (in the sense ‘existing only in name’): from French titulaire or modern Latin titularis, from titulus (see title).

Information about titular

Hyphenation of titular

tit-u-lar

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • titular is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

titular synonyms

Meaning titulary:

titulary

Meaning appellation:

appellation, denomination, designation

Meaning nominal:

nominal

Meaning done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion:

formal

Meaning relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities:

official

Meaning relating to or used for formal religious or public events:

ceremonial

Meaning done for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture:

token

Meaning a movable model of a person or animal that is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it:

puppet

Meaning concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application:

theoretical

Meaning appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged:

purported

Meaning generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so:

supposed

Meaning stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so:

ostensible

Meaning (of a person) giving their name to something:

eponymous

Meaning establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is:

identifying

Meaning serving to indicate or specify something:

designative

Meaning relating to or denoting the giving of a name:

appellative

Meaning old-fashioned term for denominal:

denominative

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