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midst

midst [ midst, mitst ]


noun 
Definition:
 
center: the middle or central part of something



preposition 
Definition:
 
( literary )
Same as  amid


[15th century. Alteration of earlier middes<mid]

in the midst of in the middle of a situation, place, event, or period of time

in our midst among us

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