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Ritual in church, one almoner organised (10)

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I believe the answer is:

ceremonial

'ritual' is the definition.
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'church one almoner organised' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'almoner'='ialmoner'
'ialmoner' is an anagram of 'remonial'.
'ce'+'remonial'='CEREMONIAL'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ceremonial that I've seen before include "Ritual procedure" , "Official" , "Purely formal" , "Ritual(istic)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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