noun
- plural of beylic; territories or administrative districts governed by a beylik (a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire)
Usage: historical; often used in Ottoman history contexts
Examples
- The Ottoman Empire was divided into several beylics during the 14th and 15th centuries.
- Each beylic was ruled by a beylik who reported to the sultan.
- The beylics of Anatolia gradually consolidated into larger administrative units.
- Historians study the structure of beylics to understand Ottoman governance.
- The beylic system allowed for regional autonomy within the empire's framework.