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INDICTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indiction mean?
• INDICTION (noun)
The noun INDICTION has 1 sense:
1. a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
Familiarity information: INDICTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("indiction" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
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