indiction
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French indiction or its source, Latin indictiōnem, accusative singular of indictiō, from indicere, present active infinitive of indicō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]indiction (plural indictions)
- (historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.
- A declaration or official announcement.
- (historical) The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.
Translations
[edit]cycle of fifteen years
French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]indiction f (plural indictions)
Further reading
[edit]- “indiction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]indiction oblique singular, f (oblique plural indictions, nominative singular indiction, nominative plural indictions)
- imposition (condition which is imposed)
- indiction (historical fiscal period)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (indicion)
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