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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Me·dji·di·e, Me·dji·di·eh  n.
 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. ¾d.); 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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