'Seljukian' definitions:

Definition of 'Seljukian'

From: GCIDE
  • Seljukian \Sel*juk"i*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]