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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Indiction

· In·dic·tion · IPA /ɪnˈdɪk.ʃən/
01 n. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
  1. 1.
    Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.[Obs.]
    “Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, synods of bishops.” Jer. Taylor.
  2. 2.
    A cycle of fifteen years.