Definition of Title

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Definition of Title

Title

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

A name; an appellation; a designation.

That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.

The instrument which is evidence of a right.

That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

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Title Quotations

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
Thomas Paine

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
Thomas Paine

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I will never be below the title.
Bette Davis

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.
Virginia Woolf

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
Arthur Schopenhauer

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.
Layne Staley

Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.
Layne Staley

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.
Charles Dickens

I am a channel for the Christ spirit. The title was given to me very recently by the Godhead.
David Icke

Title Translations

title in Afrikaans is graad
title in Danish is titel
title in Dutch is betitelen, tituleren, titelen
title in German is Namen
title in Italian is titolo, titolo, titolo, nominale
title in Latin is lemma, titulus
title in Swedish is rubrik, titel

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