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Communion cup in church given to woman (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chalice

'communion cup' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'church given to woman' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'given to' says to put letters next to each other.
'woman' becomes 'alice' (**).
'ch'+'alice'='CHALICE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chalice that I've seen before include "Necessity for communion" , "Eucharistic cup" , "Cup used in church" , "bowl" , "Sacred cup for consecrated wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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