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Sacked heads can retain a religious profession (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athanasian creed

'religious profession' is the definition.
(a profession of faith)

'sacked heads can retain a' is the wordplay.
'sacked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'heads'+'can'+'retain'+'a'='headscanretaina'
'headscanretaina' anagrammed gives 'ATHANASIAN CREED'.

(Another definition for athanasian creed that I've seen is " Christian doctrine".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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