English-Thai Dictionary
indiction
N ช่ วงการ จัด เก็บภาษี ทุก 15 ปี ของ อาณา จัก โรมัน chuang-kan-jad-keb-pa-se-tuk-15-pe-kong-ar-na-jak-ro-man
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INDICTION
n.[Low L. indictio, indico.] 1. Declaration; proclamation.
2. In chronology, a cycle of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine the Great; originally, a period of taxation. Constantine having reduced the time which the Romans were obliged to serve in the army to fifteen years, imposed a tax or tribute at the end of that term, to pay the troops discharged. This practice introduced the keeping of accounts by this period. But, as it is said, in honor of the great victory of Constantine over Mezentius, Sep. 24, A.D. 312, by which christianity was more effectually established, the council of Nice ordained that accounts of years should no longer be kept by Olympiads, but that the indiction should be used as the point from which to reckon and date years. This was begun Jan. 1, A.D. 313.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INDICTION
In *dic "tion, n. Etym: [L. indictio: cf. F. indiction. See Indict, Indite. ]
1. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment. [Obs. ] "Indiction of a war. " Bacon. Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, synods of bishops. Jer. Taylor.
2. A cycle of fifteen years.
Note: This mode of reckoning time is said to have been introduced by Constantine the Great, in connection with the payment of tribute. It was adopted at various times by the Greek emperors of Constantinople, the popes, and the parliaments of France. Through the influence of the popes, it was extensively used in the ecclesiastical chronology of the Middle Ages. The number of indictions was reckoned at first from 312 a. d., but since the twelfth century it has been reckoned from the birth of Christ. The papal indiction is the only one ever used at the present day. To find the indiction and year of the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from the given year a. d., and divide by 15; by the second method, add 3 to the given year a. d., and the divide by 15. In either case, the quotient is the number of the current indiction, and the remainder the year of the indiction. See Cycle of indiction, under Cycle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
indiction
in dic tion |inˈdikSHən ɪnˈdɪkʃən | ▶noun historical 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 until the 16th century in some places. • [ with numeral ] a particular year in such a period. ORIGIN from Latin indiction-, from the verb indicere (see indict ).
Oxford Dictionary
indiction
indiction |ɪnˈdɪkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun historical 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. • [ with numeral ] a particular year in an indiction period. ORIGIN from Latin indictio (n- ), from the verb indicere (see indict ).
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