phaleristics

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

phaleristics (uncountable)

(very rare) The study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
- 2008, Antti Matikkala, The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System:
  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).
- 2017, Brune S. Frey, Honours Versus Money: The Economics of Awards, page 21:
  The study of orders has evolved into a discipline of its own, called phaleristics (coined after the Roman order, phalera).

the study of orders, fraternity, and award items