MIDST, n. contracted from middest, the superlative of mid.
The middle.
There is nothing said or done in the midst of the play, which might not have been placed in the beginning.
The phrase, in the midst, often signifies involved in, surrounded or overwhelmed by, or in the thickest part, or in the depths of as in the midst of afflictions, troubles or cares in the midst of our contemplations in the midst of the battle in the midst of pagan darkness and error in the midst of gospel light in the midst of the ocean in the midst of dissensions.
From the midst, from the middle, or from among. Deuteronomy 18
MIDST, adv. In the middle.
On earth,join all ye creatures to extol
Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
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