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Monk one taking place in church service (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

benediction

'church service' is the definition.
(type of church service)

'monk one taking place' is the wordplay.
'monk' becomes 'Benedict' (St Benedict, founder of Order of Saint Benedict).
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'taking place' becomes 'on' (as in a phrase like 'the event is on now').
'benedict'+'i'+'on'='BENEDICTION'

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for benediction that I've seen is " prayer".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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