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Opportunity given to a number in the church (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chancel

'church' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'opportunity given to a number' is the wordplay.
'opportunity' becomes 'chance' (synonyms).
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a number' becomes 'l' (fifty in Roman numerals).
'chance'+'l'='CHANCEL'

'in the' is the link.

(Other definitions for chancel that I've seen before include "choir and clergy's area" , "Place of altar" , "church, partly" , "Clergy's area of the church" , "where sanctuary may be found" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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