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Male embraced by lover not entirely a source of religious inspiration (5)

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I believe the answer is:

swami

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'a source of religious inspiration' is the definition.
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'male embraced by lover not entirely' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'embraced by' indicates putting letters inside.
'lover' becomes 'swain' (old-fashioned term for a lover).
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter (not all of the word).
'swain' with its final letter taken off is 'swai'.
'm' inserted within 'swai' is 'SWAMI'.

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(Other definitions for swami that I've seen before include "Guru" , "Hindu religious instructor" , "Hindu holy man" , "Term of respect to a Hindu teacher" , "How to address Hindu dignitary" .)

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