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titular

Syllabification: (tit·u·lar)
Pronunciation: /ˈtiCHələr/

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Definition of titular

adjective

  • 1holding 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
  • [attributive] (of a cleric) nominally appointed to serve a diocese, abbey, or other foundation no longer in existence, and typically in fact having authority in another capacity.
  • 2denoting a person or thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken:the work’s titular song
  • [attributive] denoting any of the parish churches in Rome to which cardinals are formally appointed:the priests of the titular churches

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'existing only in name'): from French titulaire or modern Latin titularis, from titulus (see title)

Remember that titular ends with -ar.

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