indiction noun. [ɪn'dɪkʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Latin indictio(n-), from indict-: see INDICT verb¹, -ION.]
1. Hist. The fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by the Emperor Constantine in AD 313, which became a means of dating ordinary events and transactions. LME.
b. A specified year in the indiction, indicated by number. LME.
c. The decree of the Roman Emperors fixing the valuation on which the property tax was assessed at the beginning of each indiction; the tax paid on the basis of this assessment. L16.

2. The action of ordaining or announcing authoritatively and publicly; an appointment, a declaration, a proclamation. arch. M16.
■ H. L'Estrange According to the Kings indiction, the Assembly met..at Edenburgh.

■ indictional adjective (rare) E18.

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