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A 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
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indiction
Word definitions for indiction in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "period of fifteen years," a chronological unit of the Romans, originally for taxation purposes, fixed by Constantine and reckoned from Sept. 1, 312; it was still in use in the Middle Ages. From Latin indictionem (nominative indictio ) "declaration, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An indiction is any of the years in a 15-year cycle used to date medieval documents throughout Europe , both East and West. Each year of a cycle was numbered: first indiction, second indiction, etc. However, the cycles were not numbered, thus other information ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indiction \In*dic"tion\, n. [L. indictio: cf. F. indiction. See Indict , Indite .] Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. [Obs.] ``Indiction of a war.'' --Bacon. Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine in 313 (C.E.) (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc. 2 A ...
Usage examples of indiction.
And by a very easy connection of ideas, the word indiction was transferred to the measure of tribute which it prescribed, and to the annual term which it allowed for the payment.
In return, they were themselves exempt, altogether, or in part, from the indiction and other imposts.
The emperor's guardians, who shared in this prerogative, always marked in green ink the indiction and the month.
Printed on Arslan in the tenth year of the third indiction of President Bella Gruen.