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Predict warning will be given to holy office (7)

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I believe the answer is:

foresee

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'predict' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'warning will be given to holy office' is the wordplay.
'warning will be' becomes 'fore' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'holy office' becomes 'see' (I've seen this in another clue).
'fore'+'see'='FORESEE'

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(Other definitions for foresee that I've seen before include "Predict" , "Be aware of beforehand" , "divine" , "Imagine" , "Envisage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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