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French town church Basil revamped (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chablis

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'french town' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'church basil revamped' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'revamped' indicates anagramming the letters.
'basil' with letters rearranged gives 'ablis'.
'ch'+'ablis'='CHABLIS'

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(Other definitions for chablis that I've seen before include "French dry white wine" , "Burgundy town and white wine" , "Dry white Burgundy" , "Dry Burgundy wine" , "French town noted for white Burgundy wines" .)

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