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More than one religious figure is enthralling mother (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imams

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'more than one religious figure' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'is enthralling mother' is the wordplay.
'enthralling' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mother' becomes 'mam' (I've seen this in other clues).
'is' going around 'mam' is 'IMAMS'.

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(Other definitions for imams that I've seen before include "learned theologians" , "prayer-leaders" , "Mosque prayer leaders" , "They lead prayers in mosques" , "Muslim prayer leaders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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