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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 kingdomsplay

  Familiarity information: INDICTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INDICTION (noun)


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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