prestation 1

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(feudal law) a rent, tax, or due paid in kind or in services (as in return for the lord's warrant or authority for taking wood).

  • 1.Mauss sees the origin of almsgiving in prestation, which serves the double purpose of being an offering to the gods while perpetuating prestation among men.

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