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Part of church left for contemplation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

navel

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

'part of church left' is the wordplay.
'part of church' becomes 'nave' (area of a church building).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'nave'+'l'='NAVEL'

(Other definitions for navel that I've seen before include "Variety of orange" , "Part of body; sort of orange" , "for contemplation" , "Umbilicus" , "Belly button" .)

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