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Diocesan church had claret distributed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cathedral

'diocesan church' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'had claret distributed' is the wordplay.
'distributed' indicates an anagram.
'had'+'claret'='hadclaret'
'hadclaret' anagrammed gives 'CATHEDRAL'.

(Other definitions for cathedral that I've seen before include "Principal church of see" , "St Paul's or St Patrick's" , "See 3" , "place of religion" , "See 6" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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