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A light-headed sailor seen in church (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

altar

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'in church' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a light-headed sailor' is the wordplay.
'light-headed' becomes 'l' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (slang term for a sailor).
'a'+'l'+'tar'='ALTAR'

'seen' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for altar that I've seen before include "Focus of church worship" , "Where Lucy Ashton was led" , "location for union negotiation" , "Table used for religious ceremony" , "Table used for the mass or eucharist" .)

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