The Collaborative International Dictionary
Titulary \Tit"u*la*ry\, n.; pl. Titularies. [Cf. F. titulaire.] A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.
Titulary \Tit"u*la*ry\, a.
Consisting in a title; titular.
Of or pertaining to a title.
Wiktionary
a. (alternative form of titular English) n. A person invested with a title.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights" [syn: titular]
Usage examples of "titulary".
Prince Waldeck spent a great deal for her, and yet he did not prevent her from retaining the titulary protection of a noble Venetian of the Lin family, now extinct, a man about sixty years of age, who was her visitor at every hour of the day.
Coralline had become the titulary mistress of the Comte de la Marche, son of the Prince of Conti, and the issue of this union was a son, whom I knew twenty years later.
This was a titulary responsibility since it was precomputed and done on radar-automatic.
Prince Waldeck spent a great deal for her, and yet he did not prevent her from retaining the titulary protection of a noble Venetian of the Lin family, now extinct, a man about sixty years of age, who was her visitor at every hour of the day.
Coralline had become the titulary mistress of the Comte de la Marche, son of the Prince of Conti, and the issue of this union was a son, whom I knew twenty years later.