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noun
1.
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
2.
a descriptive heading or caption, as of a chapter, section, or other part of a book.
4.
a descriptive or distinctive appellation, especially one belonging to a person by right of rank, office, attainment, etc.: the title of Lord Mayor.
5.
EXPANDSports. the championship: He won the title three years in a row.
6.
an established or recognized right to something.
7.
a ground or basis for a claim.
8.
anything that provides a ground or basis for a claim.
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Law.
a.
legal right to the possession of property, especially real property.
b.
the ground or evidence of such right.
c.
the instrument constituting evidence of such right.
d.
a unity combining all of the requisites to complete legal ownership.
e.
a division of a statute, lawbook, etc., especially one larger than an article or section.
f.
(in pleading) the designation of one's basis for judicial relief; the cause of action sued upon, as a contract or tort.
10.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
a fixed sphere of work and source of income, required as a condition of ordination.
b.
any of certain Roman Catholic churches in Rome, the nominal incumbents of which are cardinals.
11.
COLLAPSEadjective
12.
of or pertaining to a title: the title story in a collection.
13.
that decides a title: a title bout.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used with object)
14.
to furnish with a title; designate by an appellation; entitle.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English, variant of titel, Old English titul < Latin titulus superscription, title
before 950; Middle English, variant of titel, Old English titul < Latin titulus superscription, title
Related forms
mis·ti·tle, verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
non·ti·tle, adjective
re·ti·tle, verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
un·der·ti·tle, noun
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title
c.1300, "inscription, heading," from O.Fr. title (12c.), and in part from O.E. titul, both from L. titulus "inscription, heading," of unknown origin. Meaning "name of a book, play, etc." first recorded mid-14c. The sense of "name showing a person's rank" is first attested 1580s. The verb meaning "to
EXPAND furnish with a title" is attested from late 14c.
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