Angariare

ANGARIARE. The Evangelists frequently make use of this term to signify constrain, or take by force. The word Angari, whence Angariare is deriv’d, comes originally from the Persians, who called the Post-boys that carried the letters and Matth. xxvii. 32. Ch. v. 41.orders of Princes, Angares. As they compelled the People whom they found in the places they passed through to furnish them with guides, horses, and carriages, the word Angariare was made use of to signify constraints of this nature. It appears that the Jews were still subject to these Angares under the Romans, since Simon the Cyrenian was compell’d to bear our Saviour’s Cross, Angariaverunt eum, ut tolleret crucem ejus: And Jesus said to his Disciples, Quisquis angariabit te, Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. It is believed that the common distance of an Angarie, or from one post to another, was four miles. The Germans still call the Ember weeks Angaries, because on the days of these weeks Vassals pay their quitrents, services, and averages to their Lords.

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