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Oriental religious path difficult to follow, it’s a tribute (7)

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I believe the answer is:

epitaph

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'a tribute' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'oriental religious path difficult to follow' is the wordplay.
'oriental' becomes 'e'.
'religious' becomes 'pi'.
'difficult' is an anagram indicator.
'to follow' says to put letters next to each other.
'path' is an anagram of 'taph'.
'e'+'pi'+'taph'='EPITAPH'

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for epitaph that I've seen before include "Memorial words" , "Words carved on a gravestone" , "Memorial inscription" , "Words written in memory of the dead" , "message about late departure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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