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Mr Bean goes to church spiritual meeting (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seance

'spiritual meeting' is the definition.

'mr bean goes to church' is the wordplay.
'mr bean' becomes 'sean' (Sean Bean).
'goes to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'sean'+'ce'='SEANCE'

(Other definitions for seance that I've seen before include "spiritual guidance" , "Meeting held by a medium" , "Sitting - can see (anag)" , "Spiritualists meeting with medium" , "Meeting in which medium attempts to contact the dead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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