1) Period 2) Period of time 3) Time period 4) Unit of time
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1) Publication
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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 is needed to identify the specific year. When the term began to be used, it referred only...
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• (n.) A cycle of fifteen years. • (n.) Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
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in ancient Rome, the fiscal year. During the inflation of the 3rd century the Roman government supplied court and army employees by ordering the ... [5 related articles]
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1. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. 'Indiction of a war.' 'Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, synods of bishops.' (Jer. Taylor) ... 2. A cycle of fifteen years. ... This mode of reckoning time is said to have been introduced by Constantine the Great, in connection with the payment of tribute. It w...
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In·dic'tion noun [ Latin
indictio : confer French
indiction . See
Indict ,
Indite .]
1. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. [ Obsolete] '
Indiction of a war.'
Bacon. « Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the
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Indiction is a chronological term for a cycle of fifteen years. It was originally a Roman term, possibly connected with the periodical publication of taxation tariffs. Three sorts of indiction are mentioned: (1) the Caesarean, which fell on the 8th of the calends of October, or the 24th of September; (2) the indiction of Constantinople (beginning 3...
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n] - a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
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indiction 1. The action of ordaining or announcing authoritatively and publicly; an appointment, declaration, proclamation. 2. The decree or proclamation of the Roman Emperors fixing the valuation on which the property-tax was assessed at the beginning of each period of fifteen years; hence, the tax or subsidy paid on the basis of this assessment.
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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. · a tax based on such valuation. · Also calledthe recurring fiscal period of 15 years in the Roman Empire, long used for dating ordinary events. Cf. lustrum. · a specified year in this period. · t...
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