Meanings
nounterrour (countable and uncountable, plural terrours)
plural terrours
- countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of terror.
One sign of despair is the peremptory contempt of the condition which is the ground of hope; the going on not only in terrours and amazement of conscience, but also boldly, hopingly, and confidently in wilful habits of sin.
1644, Henry Hammond, Practical Catechism
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