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Lines recited for instance in cathedral (5)

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elegy

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'lines' is the definition.
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'for instance in cathedral' is the wordplay.
'for instance' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cathedral' becomes 'ely' (cathedral city in Cambridgeshire).
'eg' inserted into 'ely' is 'ELEGY'.

'recited' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for elegy that I've seen before include "Poetic lament (in a country churchyard?)" , "lines of regret" , "that may be on the dead" , "Poem for the departed" , "Work by Gray?" .)

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