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Gold given to a right-wing church (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oratory

'church' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gold given to a right-wing' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'right-wing' becomes 'Tory'.
'or'+'a'+'tory'='ORATORY'

(Other definitions for oratory that I've seen before include "Gift of the gab" , "speech day's main feature?" , "Formal speech-making, could be pompous" , "church" , "formal speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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