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Word: Indiction
Speech Type: Noun
from Latin indictio(n-), from the verb indicere (see indict)
ɪnˈdɪkʃ(ə)n
a fiscal period of fifteen years used as a means of dating events and transactions in the Roman Empire and in the papal and some royal courts. The system was instituted by the Emperor Constantine in AD 313 and was used in some places until the 16th century.
Short Definition:fiscal period of fifteen years used as means of dating events and transactions in Roman Empire and in papal
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