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Sacking for girl’s prayer book (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dismissal

'sacking' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'girl's prayer book' is the wordplay.
'girl's' becomes 'dis'.
'prayer book' becomes 'missal' (missal is a kind of prayer book).
'dis'+'missal'='DISMISSAL'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dismissal that I've seen before include "Release - marching orders!" , "Notice" , "removal from office" , "job loss?" , "Process of being sent away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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