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noun

Medjidieh, Medjidie n.

(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. ¾d.); a lira, or Turkish pound.

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... burnt, and hardly one escaped. "The massacre at Batak was the most heinous crime which stained the history of the present century;" and for this exploit the Turkish Commander, Achmet Agha, had bestowed on him the order of the Medjidie. Sir Henry Elliot, the English Ambassador at Constantinople, was directed to lay these facts before the Sultan and to demand the punishment of the offenders. The demand, however, was ...

— The Grand Old Man • Richard B. Cook