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Church conservators never hosting Eastern anniversary (9)

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I believe the answer is:

centenary

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'anniversary' is the definition.
(centenary is a kind of anniversary)

'church conservators never hosting eastern' is the wordplay.
'church conservators' becomes 'cent' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'never' becomes 'nary' (I've seen this before).
'hosting' is an insertion indicator.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'cent'+'nary'='centnary'
'centnary' enclosing 'e' is 'CENTENARY'.

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(Other definitions for centenary that I've seen before include "One hundredth anniversary" , "100th anniversary" , "celebration" , "significant anniversary" , "... so celebrating this next month" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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