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Elite Catholic saving good quote about employing a certain force (15)

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I believe the answer is:

electromagnetic

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'elite' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'catholic saving good quote about employing a certain force' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'catholic' could be 'c' (abbreviation as in RC for Roman Catholic) and 'c' is found within the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is present in the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the remaining letters.
'force' could be 'met' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'met' is found within the leftover letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for electromagnetic that I've seen before include "Describing radiation" , "about two different fields" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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