INDICTION


Meaning of INDICTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈdik-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English indiccion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin indiction-, indictio, from Latin, proclamation, from indicere to proclaim, from in- + dicere to say — more at diction

Date: 14th century

: a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in several ancient and medieval systems

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.