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Ecclesiast's first religious book is a typical example (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epitome

'a typical example' is the definition.

'ecclesiast's first religious book' is the wordplay.
'first' says to take the initial letters.
'religious' becomes 'pi'.
'book' becomes 'tome' (tome is a kind of book).
The first letter of 'ecclesiast' is 'e'.
'e'+'pi'+'tome'='EPITOME'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for epitome that I've seen before include "Digest" , "Abstract" , "Perfect example of a quality" , "Embodiment, type" , "Embodiment or perfect example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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