Information about Post Nominal Letters
Post-nominal letters also called "post-nominal initials" or "post-nominal titles" are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. The order in which these are listed after a name is based on the order of precedence and category of the order.
Examples of post-nominal letters:
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D.
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Catholic religious orders ('Religious Institutes', cf. canons 573-746) are the major form of Consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Examples of post-nominal letters:
- A Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is authorized to use the postnominal KBE.
- A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects is authorized to used the postnominal FAIA.
- A Doctor of Philosophy is authorized to use the postnominal PhD (or, in some cases, DPhil).
- A Franciscan friar (the Order of Friars Minor) is authorized to use the postnominal OFM.
- The title esquire as in John Smith, Esq. is another example of a postnominal.
See also
- List of post-nominal letters
- Suffix (name)
- Orders, decorations and medals of the United Kingdom
- Pre-nominal letters
- Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Catholic order
References
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are:
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- Knight Grand Cross or
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA
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FAIA is an acronym used as a postnomial, designating an individual who is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. A Fellow of the Institute is regarded by peers as among one of the finest architects in the country, and it is one of the highest honors an American architect
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- "Ph.D." redirects here, for other uses see Ph.D. (disambiguation).
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D.
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Franciscan is used to refer to those in Roman Catholic and Anglican religious orders which follow a body of regulations known as "The rule of St. Francis" ,[1] or a member of one of these orders. There are also small Old Catholic and Protestant Franciscan communities.
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Franciscan is used to refer to those in Roman Catholic and Anglican religious orders which follow a body of regulations known as "The rule of St. Francis" ,[1] or a member of one of these orders. There are also small Old Catholic and Protestant Franciscan communities.
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esquire (abbreviated Esq.) is a person of a certain social status; always rather vague in its extent, the term has become practically meaningless today. Nonetheless, its use as a postnominal honorific remains fairly common.
The term is British in origin.
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The term is British in origin.
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esquire (abbreviated Esq.) is a person of a certain social status; always rather vague in its extent, the term has become practically meaningless today. Nonetheless, its use as a postnominal honorific remains fairly common.
The term is British in origin.
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The term is British in origin.
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Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, office, or honour.
An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters.
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An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters.
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A name suffix, in the Western naming tradition, follows a person’s full name and provides additional information about the person. There are academic, honorary, professional, and social name suffixes.
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Pre-nominal letters are a title which is placed before the name of a person as distinct from a post-nominal title which is placed after the name. Examples of pre-nominal titles, for instance professional titles include: Doctor, Eur Ing, Ir (Ingenieur) and
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Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. The Privy Council was formerly a powerful institution, but its substantial decisions are now controlled by one of its committees, the Cabinet.
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- :See also: Consecrated life (Catholic Church)
Catholic religious orders ('Religious Institutes', cf. canons 573-746) are the major form of Consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church.
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