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having a particular title or status but no real power or authority 名义上的；有名无实的；徒有虚名的 the titular head of state 名义上的国家元首
the titular character of a book, play, film, etc. is the one mentioned in the title 标题的；被用作标题的
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘existing only in name’): from French titulaire or modern Latin titularis, from titulus ‘inscription, title’.