Titular bishop. See under Bishop.

Titular
(Tit"u*lar), n. A titulary. [R.]

Titularity
(Tit`u*lar"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being titular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Titularly
(Tit"u*lar*ly) adv. In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

Titter
(Tit"ter), v. i. To seesaw. See Teeter.

Titterel
(Tit"ter*el) n. The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]

Titter-totter
(Tit"ter-tot`ter) v. i. See Teeter.

Tittimouse
(Tit"ti*mouse`) n. (Zoöl.) Titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

Tittle
(Tit"tle) n. [OE. titel, titil, apparently a dim. of tit, in the sense of small; cf. G. tüttel a tittle, dim. of OHG. tutta teat. Perhaps, however, the same word as title, n.] A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.

It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Luke xvi. 17.

Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified.
South.

Tittlebat
(Tit"tle*bat) n. (Zoöl.) The three-spined stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]

Tittle-tattle
(Tit"tle-tat`tle) n. [A reduplication of tattle.]

1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot.

2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] Tatler.

Tittle-tattle
(Tit"tle-tat`tle), v. i. To talk idly; to prate. Shak.

Tittle-tattling
(Tit"tle-tat`tling) n. The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.

Titty
(Tit"ty) n. A little teat; a nipple. [Familiar]

Titubate
(Tit"u*bate) v. i. [L. titubatus, p. p. of titubare to stagger, totter.]

1. To stumble. [Obs.]

2. To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.

Titubation
(Tit`u*ba"tion) n. [L. titubatio: cf. F. titubation.] The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling. Quain.

Titular
(Tit"u*lar) a. [F. titulaire, fr. L. titulus. See Title.] Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

If these magnificent titles yet remain
Not merely titular.
Milton.


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