title

Meanings

Noun

• A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles
• Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
• In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
• A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
• The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
• A publication.
• A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
• A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
• The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
• The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
• A division of an act of law
• The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

Verb

• To assign a title to; to entitle.

Origin

• From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul ("title, heading, superscription"), from Latin titulus ("title, inscription"). tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.