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Medjidie

Medjidie \Me*dji"di*e\, Medjidieh \Me*dji"di*eh\, n. [Turk. maj[=i]dieh (prop. fem. a., fr. Ar. mej[=i]d glorious); -- so called after the sultan Abdul Mejid, lit., ``servant of the Glorious One,'' i.e., of God.]

    1. A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents).

    2. A gold coin of Turkey equal (in 1913) to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. 3/4d.); a lira, or Turkish pound.

  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.

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medjidie

n. A coin from the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters.

Usage examples of "medjidie".

At every step they parted with a steady stream of lire, piastres, paras, and copper medjidies, coins which delighted the boys with their inscriptions in Turkish and the strange Sign of Osman.