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Five peers organised second service (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vespers

'service' is the definition.
(vespers is a church service)

'five peers organised second' is the wordplay.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'peers' anagrammed gives 'esper'.
'v'+'esper'+'s'='VESPERS'

(Other definitions for vespers that I've seen before include "Evening prayers" , "Evening service" , "An hour of worship" , "Evensong - RC service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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