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Religious festival established as most religious of all (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

holiest

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'most religious of all' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'religious festival established' is the wordplay.
'religious festival' becomes 'holi' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'religious' bit.).
'established' becomes 'est' (abbreviation).
'holi'+'est'='HOLIEST'

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(Other definitions for holiest that I've seen before include "Most divine" , "most befitting to worship" , "Most pious" , "superlatively untouchable" , "Most resembling sacred work" .)

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