Definitions for indiction
ɪnˈdɪk ʃənin·dic·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indictionnoun

   a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indictionnoun

   A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.

2. indictionnoun

   A declaration or official announcement.

3. indictionnoun

   The decree made by Roman Emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.

4. Etymology: From indiction or its source, indictionem, accusative singular of indictio, from indicere, present active infinitive of indico.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indictionnoun

   Etymology: indiction, Fr. indico, Latin.

   1. Declaration; proclamation.

   After a legation ad res repetendas, and a refusal, and a denunciation and indiction of a war, the war is left at large. Francis Bacon.

   2. [In chronology.]

   The indiction, instituted by Constantine the great, is properly a cycle of tributes, orderly disposed, for fifteen years, and by it accounts of that kind were kept. Afterwards, in memory of the great victory obtained by Constantine over Mezentius, 8 Cal. Oct. 312, by which an intire freedom was given to Christianity, the council of Nice, for the honour of Constantine, ordained that the accounts of years should be no longer kept by the Olympiads, which 'till that time had been done; but that, instead thereof, the indiction should be made use of, by which to reckon and date their years, which hath its epocha A.D. 313, Jan. 1.

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1. indiction

   Indiction is a term that refers to a system of dating used in the late Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages. It's a cycle of 15 years, originally used for tax and debt purposes. Each year within this cycle is numbered from one to fifteen and called the indiction year.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Indictionnoun

   declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment

2. Indictionnoun

   a cycle of fifteen years

3. Etymology: [L. indictio: cf. F. indiction. See Indict, Indite.]

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1. Indiction

   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 to the full cycle, and individual years were referred to as being Year 1 of the indiction, Year 2 of the indiction, etc. But usage changed, and it gradually became common to talk of the 1st indiction, the 2nd indiction, and so on. Indictions originally referred to the periodic reassessment for an agricultural or land tax in late third-century Roman Egypt. These were originally in 5-year cycles beginning in 287 AD, then in a non-cyclic series which reached number 26 by 318 AD. But by 314 AD, the 15-year cycle had appeared. The Chronicon Paschale assigned its first year to 312–313 AD, whereas a Coptic document of 933 AD assigned its first year to 297–298 AD, one cycle earlier. Both of these were years of the Alexandrian calendar whose first day was Thoth 1 on August 29 in years preceding common Julian years and August 30 in years preceding leap years, hence each straddled two Julian years.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Indiction

   in-dik′shun, n. a proclamation: a cycle of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine the Great for fiscal purposes, and adopted by the popes as part of their chronological system: a year bearing a number showing its place in a fifteen years' cycle, dating from 313 A.D.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indiction

   a cycle of 15 years instituted by Constantine the Great, and which began on the 24th September 812, the day of his victory over Maxentius; to find the indiction of any year add 1 and divide by 15.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indiction in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indiction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=indiction
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indiction
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=indiction
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indiction
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=indiction
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=indiction
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Indiction