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Sacred object in half of Islam, say? Christianity, primarily (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relic

'sacred object' is the definition.

'half of islam say? christianity primarily' is the wordplay.
'half of' suggests halving the letters.
'islam say?' becomes 'religion' (islam is a kind of religion).
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'christianity' is 'c'.
'religion' with half the letters taken is 'reli'.
'reli'+'c'='RELIC'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for relic that I've seen before include "Ancient survival" , "Venerated memento" , "Outdated survival" , "Item surviving from the past" , "Paper craft" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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