titular

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
2. adjective Existing in name only; nominal.
3. adjective Named or referred to in the title.

   Macbeth is a titular character.

4. noun One who holds a title.
5. noun The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

Similar words

formal nominal titulary incumbent operator licensee permittee registrant grantee owner

Often followed by

head bishop king leader archbishop and hero saint bishops nationality

Word family

titularly titulars