titulary

American  

[tich-uh-ler-ee, tit-yuh-] / ˈtɪtʃ əˌlɛr i, ˈtɪt jə- /

adjective

• titularies
  plural

1. titular.

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Etymology

Origin of titulary

1595–1605; < Latin titul ( us ) title + -ary

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Example Sentences

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titulary

Permission was granted, and a church and convent were formed in the best manner, in the houses of Raphael Blanco, with the aid of various alms, with St. Nicolas de Tolentino as its titulary.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

The titulary counsellor117 Shchekatikhin, who conducted him to the place of his exile, Kurghan, in the south of Siberia, showed a great reverence to all the churches which they passed by.

From A Treatise on Relics by John Calvin

The constitution of 1791, it is true, made the king the titulary head of the executive power; but the internal administration of the kingdom was not actually in his hands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various

The last official document signed by Mgr. de Laval as titulary bishop was an addition to the statutes and rules which he had previously drawn up for the Chapter of the city of Champlain.

From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Adrien Leblond de Brumath

In the following passage, this word is used as a titulary compellation, like the word lordship.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

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