The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BEDE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BEDE
- Monk secures poor grade in spelling competition
- Doss down with English historian
- Have sex with Head of Ethics, venerable chap
- A venerable name in our illustrious past
- Monk‘s rosary component, we hear
- This monk recited part of the rosary
- A venerable name in England’s illustrious past
- Monk securing poor grade in spelling competition
- Blessed ecclesiast, divine educator primarily?
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