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Brought together, in a church service, English and Dutch (7)

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I believe the answer is:

amassed

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'brought together' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a church service english and dutch' is the wordplay.
'church service' becomes 'mass' (Mass is a type of church service).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dutch' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation).
'a'+'mass'+'e'+'d'='AMASSED'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for amassed that I've seen before include "Gathered together" , "Accumulated, gathered" , "Mad seas (anag.)" , "Heaped up, accumulated" , "Accumulated over time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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