Removing church influence from new Sicilian government (9)

I believe the answer is:

laicising

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'removing church influence' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'new sicilian government' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'sicilian' anagrammed gives 'laicisin'.
'laicisin'+'g'='LAICISING'

'from' is the link.

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