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Passage from old religious pamphlet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extract

'passage' is the definition.
(I know that extract is a type of passage)

'old religious pamphlet' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'religious pamphlet' becomes 'tract' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ex'+'tract'='EXTRACT'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Short passage (of text)" , "bit" , "concentration" , "Derive, distil" , "selection" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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