■ noun
1》 the name of a book, musical composition, or other artistic work.
↘a caption or credit in a film or broadcast.
2》 a name describing a person's position or job.
↘a word used before or instead of a person's name, indicating social or official rank, profession, or academic or marital status.
3》 a descriptive or distinctive name that is earned or chosen: the ~ of Best Restaurant of the Year.
4》 the position of being the champion of a major sports competition: he won the world ~.
5》 Law a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne.
6》 (in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.
↘a parish church in Rome under a cardinal.
■ verb give a ~ to.
Derivatives
~d adjective
Origin
OE titul , reinforced by OFr. ~ , both from L. titulus 'inscription, ~'.