Titulary n. (pl. titularies) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.
... observed, and they sent to Mr. Poyntz,(1185) to know what they should do: be bade them open it, suspecting some trick; but when they did, they found a large crucifix, copes, rich vestments, beads, and heaps of such like trumpery, consigned from the titulary primate of Scotland, who is with the rebels: they imagine, with the privity of some of the vessels, to be conveyed to somebody ... — The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole
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