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Church is replacing contents of sanctum, hence division (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

schism

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'church' is the definition.
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'replacing contents of sanctum hence division' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'contents' could be 'his' (hi is a kind of content) and 'his' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for schism that I've seen before include "Splinter group" , "Formal split in a church" , "Split, often ecclesiastical" , "Dividing of group into opposing factions" , "(Ecclesiastical) division" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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