‖ beylic, -lik
(ˈbeɪlɪk)
Also beglick.
[a. Osmanli beglik, beylik, jurisdiction of a beg or bey.]
The dominion or jurisdiction of a bey.
| a 1733 North Lives III. 84 To Morat he left the beylic. 1869 Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 77 The modern Beylik of Tunis. |
Hence ˈbeylical a., of or belonging to a beylic. ˈbeylicat = beylic.
| 1884 Weekly Times 4 Jan. (Tunis), The Beylical doing of justice in times past. 1884 Pall Mall G. 20 Dec. 1 The beylicat was afterwards annexed. |