titular

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French titulaire, from Latin titulāris, from titulus (“title”).

adj

  1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
  2. Existing in name only; nominal.
  3. Named or referred to in the title.
    Macbeth is a titular character.

noun

  1. One who holds a title.
  2. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

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