Title /(tī"t'l)/

1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
2. 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.
3. The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book. (Bookbindng)
4. 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. (Roman & Canon Laws)
5. An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

   With his former title greet Macbeth.

6. A name; an appellation; a designation.
7. 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. (Law)
8. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside. (Anc. Church Records)

imp. & p. p. Titled; p. pr. & vb. n. Titling

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

   Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, “The Restorer of Britain.”