{ Me*dji"di*e, Me*dji"di*eh } (?),
n. [Turk. majīdieh (prop. fem. a., fr.
Ar. mejīd 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
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.
{ Me*dji"di*e, Me*dji"di*eh } (?),
n. [Turk. majīdieh (prop. fem. a., fr.
Ar. mejīd 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
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.