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Saint's given foreign church prominence (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salience

'prominence' is the definition.
(salience is a kind of prominence)

'saint's given foreign church' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'foreign' becomes 'alien' ('alien' can be a synonym of 'foreign').
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
's'+'alien'+'ce'='SALIENCE'

(Other definitions for salience that I've seen before include "Condition of being most noticeable or important" , "Importance" , "Outstanding quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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