A figurehead is a person, usually in a political role, who may hold an important title or office yet executes little actual power. Usually considered to have 'symbolic' authority.
... prayers to Mary (cf. the De tabernaculis, and
Hortus rosarum, Pohl's ed., ut inf., i. also iii. 357,
vi. 219, 235 sqq.).
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