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Ordained priest taking jab next to outhouse (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

established

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'ordained' is the definition.

'priest taking jab next to outhouse' is the wordplay.
'priest' becomes 'eli' (biblical figure).
'taking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'jab next' becomes 'stab' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'next' bit.).
'to outhouse' becomes 'shed' (I've seen this before).
'eli' placed around 'stab' is 'establi'.
'establi'+'shed'='ESTABLISHED'

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(Other definitions for established that I've seen before include "Set up; settled" , "Long-standing" , "Settled and recognised" , "Traditional" , "Founded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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