Title

·noun A name; an appellation; a designation.

II. Title ·noun The instrument which is evidence of a right.

III. Title ·noun That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

IV. Title ·noun The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

V. Title ·noun A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

VI. Title ·noun An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

VII. Title ·noun To call by a title; to Name; to Entitle.

VIII. Title ·noun A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

IX. Title ·noun The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, ·etc.

X. Title ·noun An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, ·etc.

XI. Title ·noun That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.