The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PATERNOSTER which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1983.
Large rosary bead crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PATERNOSTER | 100 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Large rosary bead
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- paternoster
- beads
- jequirity
- gaudy
- chaplet
- beady
- mala
- chainring
- skeleton
- bowl
- cable
- beaded
Crossword Answer definitions
PATERNOSTER noun- The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
- A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
- A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
- A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
- A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said; a rosary.
- Every eleventh bead in a rosary, at which, while counting the beads, the Lord's Prayer is to be repeated.
- A medieval artisan who crafted rosary beads or prayer nuts.
- A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.
- To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.
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