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Appoint member of ruling party bound by condition of celibacy? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

nominate

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'appoint' is the definition.
(nominating is a kind of appointing)

'member of ruling party bound by condition of celibacy?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'member' could be 'm' and 'm' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'ruling' could be 'in' (the ruling party is voted 'in') and 'in' is present in the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ne' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for nominate that I've seen before include "Propose - a mention (anag)" , "give name" , "Put forward (as candidate for election)" , "Propose for office" , "Put forward name for a mention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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