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Ceremony morally justified, did you say? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

rite

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'ceremony' is the definition.
(I know that rite is a type of ceremony)

'justified did you say?' is the wordplay.
'justified' becomes 'right ' (I've seen this before).
'did you say?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'right' is a homophone of 'RITE'.

'morally' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for rite that I've seen before include "(Words for) ceremony" , "Religious ritual" , "Custom" , "something like mass" , "form of service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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