titular

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: tit=u=lar

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]

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.

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-be

ROGET THESAURUS

titular

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.