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Hard to ignore anguished moving prayer (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agnus dei

'prayer' is the definition.
(Agnus Dei is an example)

'hard to ignore anguished moving' is the wordplay.
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'to ignore' is a deletion indicator.
'moving' indicates an anagram.
'anguished' with 'h' removed is 'anguised'.
'anguised' anagrammed gives 'AGNUS DEI'.

(Other definitions for agnus dei that I've seen before include "Christian emblem" , "Part of Latin Mass" , "part in requiem" , "Part of the ordinary" , "Section of mass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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