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[ adjective ] occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
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[ adjective ] occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

A fourteen year old girl from the Middle_West observed wryly that , in her community , religion inconveniently interfered with religious activities - at_least with the peripheral activities that many middle_class Jews now regard_as religious .

(Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)

The central_city areas , in_other_words , exhibit the two characteristics which violate the life_principle of congregations of the major denominations : they have too few middle-class people ; they mix middle-class people with lower-class residents .

The central_city areas , in_other_words , exhibit the two characteristics which violate the life_principle of congregations of the major denominations : they have too few middle-class people ; they mix middle-class people with lower-class residents .

Central_city areas have become progressively poorer locales for the major denominations since the exodus of middle-class people from most central_cities .

The vulnerability of Protestantism to social differences stems from the peculiar role of the new religious style in middle-class life , where the congregation is a vehicle of social and economic group identity and must conform , therefore , to the principle of economic integration .

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