indiction

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɪkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

indiction (plural indictions)

1. (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.
2. A declaration or official announcement.
3. (historical) The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.

Translations

cycle of fifteen years

• Dutch: indictie (nl) f
• French: indiction (fr) f
• German: Indiktion f
• Greek: ινδικτιών (el) f (indiktión)
• Hungarian: indikció
• Italian: indizione f
• Japanese: インディクティオ (indikutio)
• Portuguese: indicção (pt) f
• Russian: инди́кт (ru) m (indíkt), индиктио́н (ru) m (indiktión)
• Spanish: indicción f

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

indiction f (plural indictions)

1. indiction

Further reading

• “indiction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Noun

indiction oblique singular, f (oblique plural indictions, nominative singular indiction, nominative plural indictions)

1. imposition (condition which is imposed)
2. indiction (historical fiscal period)

Descendants

• → English: indiction
• French: indiction

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (indicion)