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Dump in African capital with English religious job (9)

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I believe the answer is:

rabbinate

'religious job' is the definition.
(position or office of a rabbi)

'dump in african capital with english' is the wordplay.
'dump' becomes 'bin' (both can mean to throw in the rubbish).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'african capital' becomes 'Rabat' (capital of Morocco).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'bin' placed into 'rabat' is 'rabbinat'.
'rabbinat'+'e'='RABBINATE'

(Other definitions for rabbinate that I've seen before include "Jewish master' s tenure" , "collection of teachers" , "Jewish religious office" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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