From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mediety \Me*di"e*ty\, n. [L. medietas.] The middle part; half; moiety. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Medievalism MedievalFrom WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
mediety n 1: one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: moiety, mediety]