titular head

collocation in English

meaningsoftitularandhead

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titular
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈtɪtʃ.ə.lər/us
/ˈtɪtʃ.ə.lɚ/
having the title of a position but not the responsibilities, duties, or power; in ...
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head
noun
uk
/hed/us
/hed/
the part of the body above the neck where the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and ...
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(Definition oftitularandheadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftitular head

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The man who istitularheadwill not be doing it, because he has far too much to do.
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He must accept, along with his other duties, that he is in fact thetitularheadof the teaching profession.
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The chancellor is thetitularheadof the university and serves for life.
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The chancellor is thetitularheadof the university.
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The governor remained thetitularheadof state.
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The archon eponymous remained thetitularheadof state even under the democracy, though with much reduced political importance.
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The position was thetitularheadof the university, and its primary duty was presiding over convocations.
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The talks concluded with a weak agreement, and she resigned from her post astitularheadof the party.
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The king remained thetitularheadof state, but the constitutional government ruled the country with the prime minister as its head.
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As stipulated in the act, the chancellor is the university'stitularheadand is accorded a place of honour at commencement exercises and other functions and may preside at examinations.
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In my experience, presidents are generally titular heads with perhaps less experience of the day-to-day running of the undertaking involved than, say, the chairmen.
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