Part of Evensong, graduate facing it fearfully (10)

I believe the answer is:

magnificat

'part of evensong' is the definition.
(Magnificat is the hymn of the Virgin Mary)

'graduate facing it fearfully' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'ma' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'fearfully' indicates anagramming the letters (a fearfully bad ordering of the letters).
'facing'+'it'='facingit'
'facingit' with letters rearranged gives 'gnificat'.
'ma'+'gnificat'='MAGNIFICAT'

(Another definition for magnificat that I've seen is " Song of the Virgin Mary".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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