titular

titular
    adj 1: of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary
           rights" [syn: {titular}, {titulary}]
    2: of or bearing a title signifying status or function; "of
       titular rank"
    3: of or pertaining to the title of a work of art; "performed
       well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of
       the book"
    4: of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility;
       "titular dignitaries"
    5: existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his
       party" [syn: {nominal}, {titular}]
    

Titular \Tit"u*lar\, 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.
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         If these magnificent titles yet remain
         Not merely titular.                      --Milton.
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   {Titular bishop}. See under {Bishop}.
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Titular \Tit"u*lar\, n.
   A titulary. [R.]
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21 Moby Thesaurus words for "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