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Period of detention brings strain to holy type (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stretch

(Other definitions for stretch that I've seen before include "Time inside" , "Lengthen - time in jail" , "Bit of exercise" , "Make demands on; lengthen" , "Do warm-up exercises" .)

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