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Definition of Title
Title

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

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.

The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

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.

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

A name; an appellation; a designation.

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.

The instrument which is evidence of a right.

That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

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Title Quotations

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.
Virginia Woolf

I will never be below the title.
Bette Davis

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.
Virginia Woolf

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title.
Guillermo C. Infante

Title Translations

title in Afrikaans is graad
title in Danish is titel
title in Dutch is betitelen, tituleren, titelen
title in German is Namen
title in Italian is titolo, titolo, titolo, nominale
title in Latin is lemma, titulus
title in Swedish is rubrik, titel


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