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Motivate one part of church after end of sermon (7)

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I believe the answer is:

inspire

'motivate' is the definition.
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'one part of church after end of sermon' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'part of church' becomes 'spire'.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'sermon' is 'n'.
'spire' put after 'n' is 'nspire'.
'i'+'nspire'='INSPIRE'

(Other definitions for inspire that I've seen before include "Fill someone with a feeling of confidence to do something" , "Uplift" , "Fill with creative purpose" , "Encourage - animate - draw into the lungs" , "Fill with ideas, enthusiasm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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