indiction
Americannoun
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a proclamation made every 15 years in the later Roman Empire, fixing the valuation of property to be used as a basis for taxation.
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a tax based on such valuation.
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Also called cycle of indiction. the recurring fiscal period of 15 years in the Roman Empire, long used for dating ordinary events.
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a specified year in this period.
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the number indicating it.
noun
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a recurring fiscal period of 15 years, often used as a unit for dating events
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a particular year in this period or the number assigned it
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a valuation of property made every 15 years as a basis for taxation
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the tax based on this valuation
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of indiction
1350–1400; Middle English indiccio ( u ) n < Latin indictiōn- (stem of indictiō ) announcement, equivalent to indict ( us ) past participle of indīcere to announce, proclaim + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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“Which perhaps gives an indiction about how eventful his life would become,” White concludes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
If star power is any indiction of Montreal’s bid to bring a team back to Quebec, then momentum seems to be building.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2014
In many of the libraries the monk in charge was quite intelligent about the dates of the MSS., and was able to read the often perplexing colophon in which the century and indiction were recorded.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy
Theophanes137 is very precise in regard to the time when the disaster occurred; it was on the 26th of October, the ninth indiction, on a Wednesday, at eight o'clock.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
Mediaeval Greek MSS. are dated sometimes by the year of the indiction, sometimes by the year of the world according to the era of Constantinople, sometimes by both indiction and year of the world.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
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