Intitulate

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(archaic) To entitle..

Example Sentences

[…] theſe five hundred yeeres (of whom he names abundance) have taught that all Paſtors be they intitulated Biſhops or Prieſts have equall authority and power by the Word of God, […]

On the other hand, not a few of ’em all along ſhew’d no little warmth of affection to Papiſts, intitulating them to the ſame God, and Heaven with themſelves, and aſſerting their neighbourhood and conjunction to be infinitely more eligible than that of theſe whom they-call’d Phanaticks, as appears, for inſtance, in a printed Sermon of Mr Mcqueen.

[…] turning over their books, debating and disputing with them, and pricking down, or intitulating in his descriptive tablets all that most pleased him; […]

I am well aware that a pleasant and instructive magazine like that given by Mr. Bentley to an admiring public once a month, is most extensively perused—and, as much love and a little murder has been committed already, and of course, some more may be expected, there can be no doubt that a large section of its readers belong to that order which Burns so happily intitulates “the master pieces of creation.”

Q. The same, page 229, see if this is a correct translation: “[…] And as it was evidently necessary for the reception of any order, even minor ones, to be intitulated in a church, so also was it necessary for the reception of minor orders to be ordained with the title of benefice; whence it was that anciently all clerics, even minor ones, were intitulated;[…]”

A little incident occurred during the administration of the Oath for the security of the Church of Scotland which showed that the young Queen [Victoria] was not disposed to be overawed by her Ministers. When she had occasion to recapitulate the title of an old Act of Parliament in which the word “intitulated” was used instead of “entitled,” Lord Melbourne, standing by her side, said, “Entitled, please, your Majesty.” She turned quickly towards him with a look of surprise, and looking again at the paper repeated in a louder voice, “An Act intitulated.”

They paid a scribe for “intitulating” them in their Journal Book, and engrossing them on a vellum roll.

Sir,—I beg to transmit to you, as a competent authority to pronounce on its appositeness, a proposition to subserve the present and prospective intitulating of streets, squares, etc., throughout the capital (cities, boroughs, and environs inclusive) for distinctive guidance.

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Word Forms

• intitulates
• intitulating
• intitulated
• entitulate

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