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Official church confused in morale (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ceremonial

'official' is the definition.
(I know that official can be written as ceremonial)

'church confused in morale' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ce' (Church of England).
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'morale'='inmorale'
'inmorale' anagrammed gives 'remonial'.
'ce'+'remonial'='CEREMONIAL'

(Other definitions for ceremonial that I've seen before include "Official" , "Purely formal" , "Ritual(istic)" , "Ritual procedure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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