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titulary

titulary is the alternative form of titular.

Noun

titulary (plural titularies)

  1. A person invested with a title.
  2. The set of titles or names held by a person.
    • The Kushite titularies are characterised from the earliest preserved titulary (1/4, 5) through the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty till the 5th century BC by a strong reliance on Egyptian titularies of the Old-, Middle- and New Kingdoms.1997, László Török, The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization, page 207

Meaning of titular

Adjective

titular (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
  2. Existing in name only; nominal.
    • If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. Named or referred to in the title.
    • Macbeth is a titular character.

See all 5 meanings of titular

Forms of titulary

pluraltitularies

Questions about titulary

What does titulary mean?
Titulary means a person invested with a title.
What is titulary the alternative form of?
Titulary is the alternative form of titular.
What part of speech is titulary?
Titulary is a noun.
What is the plural of titulary?
The plural of titulary is titularies.

Words near titulary in the dictionary

  1. titularizes
  2. titularizing
  3. titularly
  4. titulars
  5. titulars of the tithes
  6. titulary
  7. titulature
  8. titulatures
  9. titule
  10. tituled
  11. titules

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Adapted from Wiktionary: titulary (page history and authors); titular (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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