Definition of title

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ti·tle    (ttl) KEY 

NOUN:

1. An identifying name given to a book, play, film, musical composition, or other work.
2. A general or descriptive heading, as of a book chapter.
3. 1. Written material to be read by viewers that is included in a film or television show, typically presenting credits, narration, or dialogue. Often used in the plural.
   2. A written piece of translated dialogue superimposed at the bottom of the frame during a film; a subtitle.
4. Law A heading that names a document, statute, or proceeding.
5. A division of a law book, declaration, or bill, generally larger than a section or article.
6. A written work that is published or about to be published: the titles in a press's fall catalog.
7. Law
   1. The coincidence of all the elements that constitute the fullest legal right to control and dispose of property or a claim.
   2. The aggregate evidence that gives rise to a legal right of possession or control.
   3. The instrument, such as a deed, that constitutes this evidence.
8. 1. Something that provides a basis for or justifies a claim.
   2. A legitimate or alleged right. See Synonyms at claim.
9. A formal appellation attached to the name of a person or family by virtue of office, rank, hereditary privilege, noble birth, or attainment or used as a mark of respect.
10. A descriptive name; an epithet.
11. Sports A championship.
12. Ecclesiastical
    1. A source of income or area of work required of a candidate for ordination in the Church of England.
    2. A Roman Catholic church in or near Rome having a cardinal for its nominal head.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
ti·tled, ti·tling, ti·tles

1. To give a title to; entitle.
2. To call by a name; style.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English titul, superscription,, and from Old French title, title both from Latin titulus