awfulness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AW'FULNESS, noun 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; solemnity; as, 'the awfulness of this sacred place.' 2. The state of being struck with awe. A help to prayer, producing in us reverence and awfulness [Not legitimate.]
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