I’m facing a tricky introduction to traditional canticle (10)

I believe the answer is:

magnificat

'canticle' is the definition.
(I know that Magnificat is a canticle)

'i'm facing a tricky introduction to traditional' is the wordplay.
'tricky' indicates anagramming the letters.
'introduction to' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'traditional' is 't'.
'im'+'facing'+'a'='imfacinga'
'imfacinga' is an anagram of 'magnifica'.
'magnifica'+'t'='MAGNIFICAT'

(Another definition for magnificat that I've seen is " Song of the Virgin Mary".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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