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'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:

★ 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.

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References

★ UK Honours (Cabinet Office Ceremonial Secretariat)

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