ə̇nˈdish(ē)ə noun
( plural indicia or indicias )
Etymology: Latin, plural of indicium sign, mark, from indicare to point out, indicate
1.
a. : a distinctive mark that indicates or that is felt to indicate the nature or quality or existence or reality of something : indication , sign , token , criterion
he had in fact all the indicia of divinity — Wallace Stevens
many indicia of truth — J.E.Davies
the real indicia of civilization — H.J.Laski
press opinion and other indicia of public sentiment — H.H.Sprout
b. : a significant or apparently significant fact or piece of evidence connected with or deduced from a set of circumstances and giving rise to conjectures having some probability of accord with the truth
studied her belongings carefully but could discover no indicia as to what had become of her
2.
a.
(1) : a postal marking (as on bulk mail or business reply envelopes) often imprinted on mail or on labels to be affixed to mail and used in place of postage stamps to indicate prepayment of postage (as by use of a postage meter or by receipt of a special permit)
(2) : a postal marking or verbal statement often imprinted on mail or on labels to be affixed to mail and used to indicate the class or type of a piece of mail or to give directives (as with regard to the proper place for an address) or some other information (as that a piece of mail may be opened for inspection by a postmaster)
b. : an identifying marking or verbal statement used to single out one thing from another
each object had a tag carrying its indicia
or to serve as directional guides
each card in the file has indicia that show the location of each book on the shelf