{i} happening in the middle of a period of time; location of something surrounded by other things; occurring during particular circumstances; middle point of a whole
If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them. Many were surprised to see him exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd = amid, among
You say that someone is in your midst when you are drawing attention to the fact that they are in your group. We're lucky to have such a man in our midst
If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment. We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years
the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"
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