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Indiction Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Indiction has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms

2

A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
time period
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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