1holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority:the queen is titular head of the Church of Englanda titular post
(of a cleric) nominally appointed to serve a diocese, abbey, or other foundation no longer in existence, and typically in fact having authority in another capacity.
2relating to or denoted by a title:the work’s titular song
3denoting any of the parish churches in Rome to which cardinals are formally appointed:the priests of the titular churches
