titular
adjective
[ ˈtɪtjʊlə ]
• holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.
• "the queen is titular head of the Church of England"
Similar:
nominal,
in title/name only,
formal,
official,
ceremonial,
token,
puppet,
theoretical,
purported,
supposed,
ostensible,
• relating to or denoted by a title.
• "the work's titular song"
• denoting any of the parish churches in Rome to which cardinals are formally appointed.
• "the priests of the titular churches"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘existing only in name’): from French titulaire or modern Latin titularis, from titulus (see title).
