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Banish bare-backed ecclesiast (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relegate

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(Other definitions for relegate that I've seen before include "Send down" , "Assign to a lower position" , "Transfer to a lower division" , "Put in a lower division" , "Demote" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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