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me⋅dal⋅lion

  [muh-dal-yuhn]
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–noun
1. a large medal.
2. anything resembling a medal in form, used as an ornament, in a design, etc.
3. a permit issued by a governmental agency to operate a taxicab, usually represented by a small metal identification disk displayed on the taxi.
4. Architecture.
a. a tablet, usually rounded, often bearing objects represented in relief.
b. a member in a decorative design resembling a panel.
5. médaillon.
Origin:
1650–60; < F médaillon < It medaglione, aug. of medaglia medal
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me·dal·lion   (mĭ-dāl'yən)   
n.  
  1. A large medal.
  2. An emblem of registration for a taxicab.
  3. Any of various large ancient Greek coins.
  4. Something resembling a large medal, as:
    1. An oval or circular design used as decoration.
    2. A painting or an engraving set in an oval or circular frame.
    3. A circular portion of food, especially a boneless cut of meat: medallions of veal.

[French médaillon, from Italian medaglione, augmentative of medaglia, medal, from Old Italian; see medal.]
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Medallion

Me*dal"lion\, n. [F. m['e]daillion, It. medaglione, augm. of medaglia. See Medal.]

1. A large medal or memorial coin.

2. A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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medallion 
1658, from Fr. médaillon, from It. medaglione "large medal," augmentative of medaglia (see medal).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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