titular

(noun)

One who holds a title.

Related Terms

Examples of titular in the following topics:

  • Party Leadership in the Senate

    • The titular, non-partisan leaders of the Senate itself are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, the most senior member of the majority who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President.

  • Religious Divide in the Holy Roman Empire

    • The position of the Holy Roman Emperor was mainly titular, but the emperors, from the House of Habsburg, also directly ruled a large portion of imperial territory (lands of the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Bohemia), as well as the Kingdom of Hungary.

  • Bornu Empire

    • Sayfawa mais remained titular monarchs until 1846.

  • Akkadian Government, Culture, and Economy

    • With Naram-Sin, Sargon's grandson, titular honors went even further than they did with Sargon.

  • Justinian and Theodora

    • The end of the Western Empire is sometimes dated to 476, early in Zeno's reign, when the Germanic Roman general Odoacer deposed the titular Western Emperor Romulus Augustulus, but declined to replace him with another puppet.

  • The Pax Romana

    • Augustus created a junta of the greatest military magnates and gave himself the titular honor.