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.]