titles

[tahyt-l]

ti·tle

[tahyt-l] noun, adjective, verb, ti·tled, ti·tling.
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.
Sports. the championship: He won the title three years in a row.
EXPAND
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.
9.
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.
Usually, titles. Movies, Television.
a.
a subtitle in the viewer's own language: an Italian movie with English titles.
b.
any written matter inserted into the film or program, especially the list of actors, technicians, writers, etc., contributing to it; credits.
COLLAPSE
adjective
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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Titles is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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

mis·ti·tle, verb (used with object), mis·ti·tled, mis·ti·tling.
non·ti·tle, adjective
re·ti·tle, verb (used with object), re·ti·tled, re·ti·tling.
un·der·ti·tle, noun


4. designation, denomination. See name. 14. denominate, term, call, style.

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