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Quote from an old religious pamphlet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extract

'quote' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'an old religious pamphlet' is the wordplay.
'an old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'religious pamphlet' becomes 'tract' (tract is a type of pamphlet).
'ex'+'tract'='EXTRACT'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Pull or take out - maybe a tooth" , "Pluck out" , "Clipping" , "Passage selected from a larger work" , "concentrate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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