manorial system
noun
A system of social, political, and economic organization practised widely in medieval Europe, in which peasants and free tenants were rendered dependent on their lord for land tenure and the administration of local justice.
- The manorial system was intimately connected with the feudal system, but historians distinguish between the two on the basis that the manorial system did not involve estates held in fief..
Origin
Late 19th century.
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line
- the line of least resistance
- the line (or path) of least resistance
- the lion's den
- the lion's share
- the Litany
- the little woman
- the Liturgy
- the living image of
- the long and the short of it
- the long (or strong) arm of the law
- the long/short/medium term
- Thelon River
- the Lords
- the Lord's Day
- the Lord's Prayer
- the Lord's Supper
- (the love of) money is the root of all evil
- the love that dare not speak its name
- the Lower House