Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The compulsory maintenance of horses and couriers for use by the imperial postal service, required of local administrators under Roman law.
- noun Service demanded by a feudal lord in excess of custom or law.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Inter litteram N et G est alia vis, ut in nomine _anguis_ et _angaria_ et _anchorae_ et _increpat_ et
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Choto angaria, bantola probhiti nana ghotona ghoteche.
Kafila 2009
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Grihojudhyokalin rashiate Lalfoujer santrase mara giechilo 7.5 million manush. nandigram ki choto angaria to er kache sishu. shet shoktike nischinho korar janyo war communism er abodan kebol Kronstad ei avyuthyan er fole nihotoder sankhya koyak hajar. petrograder pashei chilo noubahinir chauni.
Kafila 2009
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Choto angaria, bantola probhiti nana ghotona ghoteche.
Kafila 2009
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Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria.
bobjots : redux 2008
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_angaria_, _angariare_, in medieval Latin, and the rare English derivatives "angariate," "angariation," came to mean any service which was forcibly or unjustly demanded, and oppression in general.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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