in·di·ci·a

[in-dish-ee-uh]
plural noun, singular in·di·ci·um.
1.
a postal marking used rather than a stamp or a regular cancellation on each item in a large shipment of prepaid mail.
2.
Often, indicium.
a.
a printed message or instruction, especially one stamped on a package: an indicium of “bulk mail.”
b.
an indication or token.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin, plural of indicium indicium

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in·di·ci·um

[in-dish-ee-uhm]
noun, plural in·di·ci·a [-dish-ee-uh] , in·di·ci·ums.
indicia ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin: disclosure, sign, indication, equivalent to indic(āre) to make known (see indicate) + -ium -ium

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Indicia is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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indicia (ɪnˈdɪʃɪə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
pl n , sing -cium
distinguishing markings or signs; indications
 
[C17: from Latin, plural of indicium a notice, from index]
 
in'dicial
 
adj

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Example sentences
From this, it is clear that there is much overlap and commonality as to the
  indicia of professionalism here and elsewhere.
The indicia are dispensed in the form of a digitally signed image.
Enemy testimony simply lacks one of the many possible indicia of unreliability.
Indicia generated by the system to show evidence of postage prepayment on the
  mail piece.
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