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Managed church and western farm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranch

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'western farm' is the definition.
'ranch' can be an answer for 'farm' (ranch is a kind of farm). I'm not sure about the 'western' bit.

'managed church' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "US livestock farm" , "Cowboy's workplace" , "stock holding?" , "agricultural land" , "Agricultural establishment" .)

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