titular

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Relating to, having the nature of, or constituting a title.
2. adj. Existing in name only; nominal: the titular head of the family.
3. adj. Bearing the title of a church or monastery that is no longer active.
4. adj. Bearing a title: titular dignitaries.
5. adj. Derived from a title: the titular role in a play.
6. n. One who holds a title.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of, pertaining to, or having a title, in any sense; existing in or by reason of title; so designated or entitled: as, titular rank, dignity, or rights; titular possession; a titular professor or incumbent of office (that is, one bearing the title, in distinction from an adjunct or a deputy).
2. Existing in or having the title only; being such only in name; so-called; nominal; not actual: as, a titular sovereignty or bishopric; the line of titular kings of Jerusalem.
3. Receiving the name (of), or used by name, as part of a title; giving or taking title. See quotation, and titular church, below.
4. n. A person who holds a title of office, or a right of possession independently of the functions or obligations properly implied by it; in ecclesiastical law, one who may lawfully enjoy a benefice without perfowning its duties.
5. n. One whose name is used as a title; specifically, the patron saint of a church.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
2. adj. Existing in name only; nominal.
3. adj. proscribed Named or referred to in the title.
4. n. One who holds a title.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties.
2. n. rare A titulary.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. existing in name only
2. adj. of or pertaining to the title of a work of art
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 associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility