资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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) 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. 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.