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phaleristics

phaleristics noun: the study of orders, fraternity, and award items.

Noun

phaleristics (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
    • For a longer and less well-focused systematising definition of the themes of phaleristics, see Attila Pandula, 'Orden und Auszeichnungen — Besondere Spiegelbilder der Geschichte', in Das Erste und Zweite Gunzenhäuser Phaleristik-Symposium (Offenach am Main, 1997), 16-21).2008, Antti Matikkala, The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System
    • The study of orders has evolved into a discipline of its own, called phaleristics (coined after the Roman order, phalera).2017, Brune S. Frey, Honours Versus Money: The Economics of Awards, page 21

Origin of phaleristics

From German Phaleristik, from Latin phalera, from Ancient Greek Φάληρος (Phálēros, “Phalerus, a mythological hero”).

Questions about phaleristics

What does phaleristics mean?
Phaleristics means the study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
What part of speech is phaleristics?
Phaleristics is a noun.

Words near phaleristics in the dictionary

  1. Phalen
  2. phalengeal
  3. Phalens
  4. phalera
  5. phalerae
  6. phaleristics
  7. Phalerum
  8. Phalgun
  9. Phalguna
  10. phall
  11. phallace

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