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An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of importance applied to individuals, [1] groups, or organizations. For individuals, it is most often used for diplomats in attendance at very formal occasions.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order, or relative preeminence, for domestic and foreign government officials (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within the United States and abroad.
Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order. Some obsolete positions are not listed unless recipients who continue to use the post-nominals even after the order becomes obsolete are still living.
Order of precedence in Scotland; Decreet of Ranking of 1606; Singapore order of precedence; South African military decorations order of wearing; South Korean order of precedence; Spanish order of precedence; Sri Lankan order of precedence; Swedish order of precedence; Swiss order of precedence
Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation, an office, a military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.
Note: Precedence of provincial orders are in order of when they were added to the national orders system at the request of the provincial orders system, not by the normal order of precedence for provinces. GOQ: Grand officier de l'Ordre national du Québec: English: Grand officer of the National Order of Quebec: OQ: Officier de l'Ordre national ...
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A peer derives his precedence from his highest-ranking title; peeresses derive their precedence in the same way, whether they hold their highest-ranking title in their own right or by marriage. The ranks in the tables refer to peers rather than titles: if exceptions are named for a rank, these do not include peers of a higher rank (or any peers ...