indiction

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Definition of indiction in English English dictionary: The decree made by Roman Emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years; A declaration or official announcement; A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 CE (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc; (historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years used as a means of dating events and transactions in the Roman Empire and in the papal and some royal courts; a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms; Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment; A cycle of fifteen years
ındiction: {n} a declaration, a proclamation, 15 years

indiction

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in·dic·tion

() From Old French indiction or its source, Latin indictionem, from indicere.

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