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Limit on height of church is to stimulate new ideas (9)

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I believe the answer is:

reinspire

'to stimulate new ideas' is the definition.
(inspire again)

'limit on height of church' is the wordplay.
'limit' becomes 'rein' (rein can mean to limit or control).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'height of church' becomes 'spire' (tall part of a church building).
'rein'+'spire'='REINSPIRE'

'is' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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