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Believers in God suffer His test (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theists

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'believers in god' is the definition.
'theists' can be an answer for 'believers' (theist is a kind of believer). I'm not sure about the 'in god' bit.

'suffer his test' is the wordplay.
'suffer' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'suffering' mean this).
'his'+'test'='histest'
'histest' is an anagram of 'THEISTS'.

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(Other definitions for theists that I've seen before include "people who believe in God" , "religious people" , "Believers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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