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Charm with which a religious dissertation is read out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attract

'charm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a religious dissertation is read out' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'dissertation' could be 'tract' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'tract' is found in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with which' is the link.

(Other definitions for attract that I've seen before include "Exert a pull upon" , "Entice" , "Draw, pull" , "Act as a magnet" , "Exercise a magnetic influence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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