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Princess entertained by the most peculiar church member (9)

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I believe the answer is:

methodist

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'church member' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'princess entertained by the most peculiar' is the wordplay.
'princess' becomes 'di'.
'entertained by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'peculiar' indicates anagramming the letters.
'the'+'most'='themost'
'themost' with letters rearranged gives 'methost'.
'di' inserted into 'methost' is 'METHODIST'.

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(Other definitions for methodist that I've seen before include "A follower of Wesleyanism" , "member of congregation?" , "Wesleyan" , "Follower of John and Charles Wesley" , "Protestant who follows teaching of John and Charles Wesley" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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