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Rogue may bless parliament (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assembly

'parliament' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rogue may bless' is the wordplay.
'rogue' indicates anagramming the letters (letters go rogue).
'may'+'bless'='maybless'
'maybless' anagrammed gives 'ASSEMBLY'.

(Other definitions for assembly that I've seen before include "Group meeting" , "School morning gathering" , "A gathering for formal meeting" , "Gathering for a special purpose" , "court" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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