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Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

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  1. a. Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.
  2. n. A titulary.
  3. adj. of or relating to a legal title to something
  4. adj. of or bearing a title signifying status or function
  5. adj. of or pertaining to the title of a work of art
  6. adj. of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility
  7. adj. existing in name only
  8. Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince. If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely titular. Milton. Titular bishop. See under Bishop. A titulary. [R.]
  9. Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to anoffice or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, atitular prince.If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely titular. Milton.Titular bishop. See under Bishop.
  10. j:100 a. of or relating to a legal title to something a. of or bearing a title signifying status or function a. of or pertaining to the title of a work of art