Today's Word
vexillology \vek-sil-AHL-uh-jee\, noun:The study of flags.
"This unknown specialist has demonstrated his great knowledge of heraldry and vexillology--" Occasional Newsletter to Librarians, January 4, 1966
"One of the most interesting phases of vexillology...is the important contribution to our heritage of flags by the Arab World."-- Arab World, October 13, 1959
From Latin vexillum, "flag" + (Greek) -logy (from logos, " word, discourse").
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