Representation made church governing body react badly (10)

I believe the answer is:

caricature

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'representation' is the definition.
(I know that caricature is a type of portrait)

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(Other definitions for caricature that I've seen before include "Spitting Image" , "Comically exaggerated representation" , "Parody" , "This is distorted" , "countenanced by Katisha" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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