Putative
Putative , adjective
[Latin putativus, from putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and compare Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute.]
Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.
His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.
Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority.