Titular

/ˈtɪtjʊlə/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
2. Existing in name only; nominal.
3. Named or referred to in the title.
4. One who holds a title.
5. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

Example Sentences

If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.

Macbeth is a titular character.

That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.

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• titulars

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