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Revelation is boring for a clergyman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oracle

'revelation' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Divine revelation ' mean 'oracle' so perhaps 'revelation' could also mean 'oracle')

'boring for a clergyman' is the wordplay.
'boring' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (the solution has bored or cut into the clue).
'ORACLE' is hidden within 'for a clergyman'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for oracle that I've seen before include "Wise utterance" , "Source of wisdom, prophet" , "Source of divine prophecy" , "Shrine; its message" , "Divinely-inspired prophecy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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