Definition of "titular"

titular

/ˈtɪtjʊlə/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
2. Existing in name only; nominal.
  Quotations
  If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.
  1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
3. Named or referred to in the title.
noun
plural titulars
1. One who holds a title.
2. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.