The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EPISTLES
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More clues leading to the result EPISTLES
- Letters in stone found in English buildings
- Long communications spies let loose
- PS set lie out in these
- Letters of stone seen in European houses
- Let spies disrupt lines of communication
- Letters seen in stone in English buildings
- Record fibres in letters
- Missives from Eastern Saint used in masses
- European runs on mountains carrying fifty letters
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What does EPISTLES mean?
EPISTLES noun- A letter, or a literary composition in the form of a letter.
- One of the letters included as a book of the New Testament.