D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Amidst

/əm-ĭdst'/ · A·midst · IPA /aˈmɪdst/
01 prep. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
  1. 1.
    In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
    “But rather famish them amid their plenty.” Shak.
    “The seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless faithful only he,”
    “From amidst them forth he passed,”
    “Those squalid cabins and uncleared woods amidst which he was born.” Macaulay.
Syn. Amidst, Among.