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Hurried to church from the stock farm (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ranch

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

'hurried to church' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'ran' (running is a kind of hurrying).
'to church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Spread" , "Stock farm in US, Aus." , "Large tract of land for raising livestock" , "A large cattle-breeding farm" , "Agricultural complex" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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