Titular

Titular means existing in title only. It may refer to:

  • Titular ruler, a person in an official position of leadership who possesses few, if any, actual powers
  • Titular (Catholicism), bishop or titular cardinal, whose see is in name only
    • titulus
    • titular see
    • titular bishopric
  • Titular Head (film festival), the annual springtime film festival hosted by Grinnell College
  • Titular character, is often incorrectly used in place of title role.

Famous quotes containing the word titular:

    When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)