Midst

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv In the middle.

II. Midst ·prep In the midst of; amidst.

III. Midst ·noun The interior or central part or place; the middle;

— used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

IV. Midst ·noun Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.