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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whilst/wʌɪlst/

▶conjunction & relative adverb chiefly Brit. while.

– origin ME: from whiles + -t as in against.

'whilst' also found in these Oxford entries:

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Among, amongst; amid, amidst; while, whilst?
Among, amongst; while, whilst. Are the -st forms more elegant?
Among/amongst, while/whilst, amid/amidst
at the moment <whilst>?
some organisations fail whilst other succeed
to quit whilst ahead and not to continue
use of "whilst"
What do you think of whilst doing whatever it is you answered to doing above?
While, whilst: Are they the same?
While, whilst: are they the same?
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