The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANAPHORA which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2010.
A rewrite of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" using ___: "A lamb quite little, Mary had / A lamb, fleece white as snow" crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANAPHORA | 100 % | 8 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
ANAPHORA noun- An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
- The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
- An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
- An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
- The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
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More clues leading to the result ANAPHORA
- A rewrite of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" using ___: "A lamb quite little, Mary had / A lamb, fleece white as snow"
- Repetition of a word at the start of successive sentences
- Repetition of words, in rhetoric.
- Rhetorical repetition.
- Word repetition
- Poet's repetition for effect
- Rhetorical device like "this earth, this realm, this England"
- Repetition of words at the starts of successive phrases, in rhetoric