Meanings
- rareuncountableThe study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
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 211 more example
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
Origin
- Ancient GreekΦάληρος“Phalerus, a mythological hero”
- Latinphalera
- GermanPhaleristik
- Englishphaleristics
From German Phaleristik, from Latin phalera, from Ancient Greek Φάληρος (Phálēros, “Phalerus, a mythological hero”).
More words from German, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian фалеристика
- фалеристика (faleristika)the study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Catalan fal•lerística
- fal•lerísticathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Czech faleristika
- faleristikathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Dutch faleristiek
- faleristiekthe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Esperanto faleristiko
- faleristikothe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Estonian faleristika
- faleristikathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Finnish mitalitiede
- mitalitiedethe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
French phaléristique
- phaléristiquethe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
German Phaleristik
- Phaleristikthe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Hungarian falerisztika
- falerisztikathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Italian faleristica
- faleristicathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Latin phaleristica
- phaleristicathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Latvian faleristika
- faleristikathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Lithuanian faleristika
- faleristikathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Norwegian faleristikk
- faleristikkthe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Polish falerystyka
- falerystykathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Romanian faleristică
- faleristicăthe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Russian фалери́стика
- фалери́стика (falerístika)the study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Spanish falerística
- falerísticathe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Swedish faleristik
- faleristikthe study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Ukrainian фалери́стика
- фалери́стика (falerýstyka)the study of orders, fraternity, and award items
Cite this entry
phaleristics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phaleristics
“phaleristics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phaleristics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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