Whilst

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whilst \Whilst\, adv. [From {Whiles}; cf. {Amongst}.]
     While. [Archaic]
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           Whilst the emperor lay at Antioch.       --Gibbon.
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     {The whilst}, in the meantime; while. [Archaic.] --Shak.
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