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A titular head is a person in an official position of leadership who possesses few, if any, actual powers. In most democratic countries today the Head of the State has either evolved into, or was created as, a position of titular leadership. In the former case, the leader may often have significant powers listed within the state's constitution, but is no longer able to exercise them, due to historical changes within that country. In the latter case, it is often made clear within the document that the leader is intended to be powerless. Heads of State who inhabit positions of titular leadership are usually regarded as symbols of the people they "lead". A head of state or chief of state is the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the countrys...
A person can also be in a position of titular leadership within an organization, such as a corporation. A corporation is a legal person that exists quite separately from the natural persons who work with and for it. ...
Sometimes a person may inhabit a position of titular leadership and yet exercise more power than would normally be expected, as a result of their personality or experience. In Roman Catholicism, a titular is the cardinal who holds a titulus, one of the main churches of Rome. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ...
On certain depictions of the Crucifix, both sculpted and pictoral, especially as related to Catholicism, one may see a stylized plaque or parchment with the letters INRI just above or below the figure of Jesus. ...
The facade of Santa Barbara dei Librai, one of the many churches of Rome. ...
Also: The name of the annual springtime film festival hosted by Grinnell College. All films entered into the festival are student made and produced. Award-winning, internet-available entrants past and present include Racquetball Tunak Tunak Tun [1] and High Stakes [2]. Grinnell College is a liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S.. It was founded on June 10, 1846, when a group of transplanted New England Congregationalists with strong social-reformer backgrounds organized themselves as the Trustees of Iowa College. ...
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