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[ˈtɪtʃʊlə], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority
(e.g: the queen is titular head of the Church of England)
- relating to or denoted by a title
(e.g: the work's titular song)
- denoting any of the parish churches in Rome to which cardinals are formally appointed
(e.g: the priests of the titular churches)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘existing only in name’): from French titulaire or modern Latin titularis, from titulus (see title)
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