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Land in one piece meeting Benedictine? (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

united kingdom

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'land' is the definition.
(United Kingdom is an example)

'one piece meeting benedictine?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'united' (similar in meaning) and 'united' is found in the answer.
'piece' could be 'king' (king is a kind of chess piece) and 'king' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dom' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for united kingdom that I've seen before include "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" , "North European country" , "Where you may well be" , "England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland" , "Our island nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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