2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.

Gen. ix. 2.

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,

The attribute to awe and majesty,

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.

Shak.

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