Indiction Definition

ĭn-dĭkshən
noun
A 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and incorporated in some medieval systems.
American Heritage
The edict of a Roman emperor, fixing the tax valuation of property for each fifteen-year period.
Webster's New World
The tax levied or this valuation.
Webster's New World

(historical) 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.

Wiktionary

A declaration or official announcement.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Indiction

Noun

Singular:
indiction
Plural:
indictions

Origin of Indiction

  • Middle English indiccioun from Late Latin indictiō indictiōn- proclamation, period of 15 years from Latin indictus past participle of indīcere to proclaim in- intensive pref. in–2 dīcere to say deik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French indiction or its source, Latin indictiōnem, accusative singular of indictiō, from indicere, present active infinitive of indicō.

    From Wiktionary

Indiction Sentence Examples

  • This number is called the Golden Number, either because will therefore be given by the formula (x 1 53) r, that is to say, add 3 totlzedate,divide the sum by 15, and the remainder is the year of the indiction.

  • Will be followed by an numerical indiction of how far the progress has gone.

  • The Saros of the Chaldaeans, the Olympiad of the Greeks, and the Roman Indiction are instances of this mode of reckoning time.

  • Before its adoption the usual practice in Latin countries was to distinguish the years by their number in the cycle of Indiction.

  • The cycle of Indiction was very generally followed in the Roman empire for some centuries before the adoption of the Christian era.

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