Title

tī′tl, n. an inscription set over or at the beginning of a thing by which it is known, a title-page: a name of distinction: that which gives a just right to po e ion: ownership: the writing that proves a right: ( B. ) a sign: a fixed sphere of work required as a condition for ordination, a parish in Rome—of these fifty give titles to cardinal-priests: in bookbinding, the panel on the back on which the name of the book is printed.— adj. Tī′tled , having a title.— ns. Tī′tle-deed , a deed or document that proves a title or just right to exclusive po e ion; Tī′tle-leaf , the leaf on which is the title of a book.— adj. Tī′tlele ( Shak. ), wanting a title or name.— ns. Tī′tle-page , the page of a book containing its title and usually the author's name; Tī′tle-rôle , the part in a play which gives its name to it, as 'Macbeth;' Tī′tle-sheet , the first sheet of a book as printed, containing title, bastard-title, .; Tī′tling , the act of impre ing the title on the back of a book; Tī′tlonym , a title taken as a pseudonym; Bas′tard-tī′tle (see Bastard ). [O. Fr. title (Fr. titre )—L. titulus .]