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Concentrate in German city church (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

essence

'concentrate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'german city church' is the wordplay.
'german city' becomes 'essen' (I've seen this before).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'essen'+'ce'='ESSENCE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for essence that I've seen before include "Intrinsic nature (of something)" , "A thing's intrinsic nature" , "Basic quality" , "Nitty-gritty" , "Extract; intrinsic nature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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