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Church has a book to sing (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chant

'sing' is the definition.
(chanting is a kind of singing)

'church has a book' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'book' becomes 'nt' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'ch'+'a'+'nt'='CHANT'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chant that I've seen before include "Incantatory song" , "Gregorian song?" , "Recite singingly" , "Mantra" , "Intone - recite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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