titular /titˈū-lər/

1. Of or relating to title
2. In name or title only
3. Nominal
4. Having the title without the duties of an office
5. (of a church) giving a title to a cardinal or bishop

1. A titled person
2. Someone who enjoys the title of an office, without actual possession
3. A person invested with a title in virtue of which he or she holds a benefice, whether or not he or she performs its duties
4. The holy personage, entity, etc from which a church takes its name (eg Corpus Christi), as opposed to patron if it takes its name from a saint or angel (RC)

titularity /-arˈi-ti/ noun

titˈularly adverb

titˈulary adjective

Titular

A person holding a title

titular bishop noun (RC)

A bishop without a diocese, taking his title from a place where there is no longer a bishop's see (before 1882 bishop in partibus infidelium)

titular of the teinds or titular of the tithes noun

A layman invested with church lands after the Reformation in Scotland

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