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Rough copies spread in clergyman's office (10)

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I believe the answer is:

episcopate

'clergyman's office' is the definition.
(the office or responsibilities of a bishop)

'rough copies spread' is the wordplay.
'rough' indicates anagramming the letters (a rough or broken ordering of the letters).
'spread' becomes 'pate' (pate is a kind of spread).
'copies' anagrammed gives 'episco'.
'episco'+'pate'='EPISCOPATE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for episcopate that I've seen before include "bishop's office" , "See" , "Bishopric" , "clergyman's office" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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