via media

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via media - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Via \Vi"a\ (v[imac]"[.a] or v[=e]"[.a]), n. [L. See Way.]
     A road or way.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Via Lactea [L.] (Astron.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See
        Galaxy, 1.
  
     Via media [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied
        to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as
        being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term
        extreme Protestantism.
        [1913 Webster]

via media - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  via media
      n 1: a middle way between two extremes [syn: compromise, via media
           ]