Definitions for titular

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titular tit·u·lar

Spelling: [tich-uh-ler, tit-yuh-]

IPA: /ˈtɪtʃ ə lər, ˈtɪt yə-/

Titular is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in titular (ailrttu).

Definitions for titular

noun

1. a person who bears a title.
2. a person from whom or thing from which a title or name is taken.
3. Ecclesiastical. a person entitled to a benefice but not required to perform its duties.

adjective

1. existing or being such in title only; nominal; having the title but none of the associated duties, powers, etc.:
2. from whom or which a title or name is taken:
3. of, relating to, or of the nature of a title.
4. having a title, especially of rank.
5. designating any of the Roman Catholic churches in Rome whose nominal incumbents are cardinals.

Origin of titular

1585-95; Latin titul(us) title + -ar¹

Examples for titular

I fell under that titular avalanche a torn and blighted thing.

In 1855 the third of the titular Nawabs died without any son to succeed him.

In 2002, the episode “Blame It on Lisa” took the titular family to Brazil.

Laurence Fishburne is the titular character in the 1995 film of Othello.

George Soros, also 83, is titular chairman of Soros Fund Management.

He reviewed his information on Dovenilid titular systems while he touched the switch.

As for the titular mother, she had not an atom of character of any kind.

Ian McKellen took on the titular role in the 1995 film version of Richard III.

The names of most of these are titular, but some are territorial and a few totemistic.

For example, Mehmet Oz, the host of his titular show Dr Oz, already has an “effect” named after him.