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Named one treated like a god bored by religious work (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

identified

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'named' is the definition.
('identify' can be a synonym of 'name')

'one treated like a god bored by religious work' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'treated like a god' becomes 'deified' (I've seen this before).
'bored by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters bore into the word).
'religious work' becomes 'nt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'deified' placed around 'nt' is 'dentified'.
'i'+'dentified'='IDENTIFIED'

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(Other definitions for identified that I've seen before include "Recognized" , "Recognised, named" , "Given name" , "Pointed out; made known" , "Put one's finger on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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