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Title   /tˈaɪtəl/   Listen
noun
Title  n.  
1.
An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
2.
The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
3.
(Bookbindng) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
4.
A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
5.
An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc. "With his former title greet Macbeth."
6.
A name; an appellation; a designation.
7.
(Law)
(a)
That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
(b)
The instrument which is evidence of a right.
(c)
(Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
8.
(Anc. Church Records) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
Title deeds (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership; as, the title deeds to an estate.
Synonyms: Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See epithet, and Name.



verb
Title  v. t.  (past & past part. titled; pres. part. titling)  To call by a title; to name; to entitle. "Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, "The Restorer of Britain.""






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"Title" Quotes from Famous Books



... Warren, whose title was still so new that she looked startled when they addressed her by it, greeted them warmly and indicated the sleeping ...
— The Girl in the Mirror • Elizabeth Garver Jordan

... 1651, contains, besides the poems here reprinted, some prose translations from Plutarch and other writers. The separate title-pages of these are given in the Bibliography (vol. ii., p. lviii): the incidental scraps of verse in them appear on pp. 291-293 of the present volume. The edition of 1651 has, besides the printed title-page, an engraved title-page by ...
— Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II • Henry Vaughan

... so glad you are a rich man," she said to me one day, "and have a title and all that. It doesn't matter for you, you know, Don, because you are you. But it will give the baby such ...
— The Heavenly Twins • Madame Sarah Grand

... it its title, and why? Was it old EDWARD LEAR from the grave? Since Jumblies in Blimps would be certain to fly When for air they abandon the wave. Was it dear LEWIS CARROLL, perhaps Sent his phantom to christen ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919 • Various

... on which this work is based is to be found in the archives of the American Government, which date back to 1774, when the first Continental Congress assembled. The earliest sets have been published complete up to 1777, under the title of "American Archives," and will be hereafter designated by this name. These early volumes contain an immense amount of material, because in them are to be found memoranda of private individuals and ...
— The Winning of the West, Volume One - From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 • Theodore Roosevelt


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