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Post-nominal letters
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Post-nominal letters also called Post-nominal initialsor 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. They are one of the main categories of name suffix.
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.
