titular
Meaning of titular
- 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
- relating to or denoted by a title.
the work's titular song
- 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
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of titular is: titulars.
- Languages in which titular is used:
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GalicianHyphenation 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:
Meaning appellation:
appellation, denomination, designation
Meaning nominal:
Meaning done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion:
Meaning relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities:
Meaning relating to or used for formal religious or public events:
Meaning done for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture:
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:
Meaning concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application:
Meaning appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged:
Meaning generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so:
Meaning stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so:
Meaning (of a person) giving their name to something:
Meaning establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is:
Meaning serving to indicate or specify something:
Meaning relating to or denoting the giving of a name:
Meaning old-fashioned term for denominal:
Words that rhyme with titular
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