Phaleristics
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phaleristics is a noun meaning (very rare) The study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
Meaning
(very rare) The study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
Example Sentences
The study of orders has evolved into a discipline of its own, called phaleristics (coined after the Roman order, phalera).
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).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phalansterism, phalange, phalanx, phalansterianism, phalansterist, phallist.
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