Medjidie

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Medjidie \Me*dji"di*e\, Medjidieh \Me*dji"di*eh\, n. [Turk.
     maj[imac]dieh (prop. fem. a., fr. Ar. mej[imac]d glorious);
     -- so called after the sultan Abdul Mejid, lit., "servant of
     the Glorious One," i.e., of God.]
     1.
        (a) A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but


            since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents).
        (b) A gold coin of Turkey equal (in 1913) to one hundred
            piastres ($4.396 or 18s. 3/4d.); a lira, or Turkish
            pound.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     2. A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by
        Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by
        seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on
        foreigners.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]