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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(very 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).
The study of orders has evolved into a discipline of its own, called phaleristics (coined after the Roman order, phalera).
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Phaleristics means (very rare) The study of orders, fraternity, and award items..
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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).
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