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People in the Bible destroying Satan with holiness (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thessalonians

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'people in the bible' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'destroying satan with holiness' is the wordplay.
'destroying' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'satan' put after 'holiness' is 'holinesssatan'.
'holinesssatan' with letters rearranged gives 'THESSALONIANS'.

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(Other definitions for thessalonians that I've seen before include "two biblical books" , "Old people" .)

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