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Title
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
(2):
(n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
(3):
(n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
(4):
(n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
(7):
(n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.
(8):
(n.) 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.
(9):
(n.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
(10):
(n.) 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.
(11):
(n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Title'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/title.html. 1828.
