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Scottish poet keeping books outside a religious office (9)

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I believe the answer is:

rabbinate

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'office' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Jewish office' mean 'rabbinate' so perhaps 'office' could also mean 'rabbinate')

'scottish poet keeping books outside a religious' is the wordplay.
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'books' could be 'bb' and 'bb' is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for rabbinate that I've seen before include "collection of teachers" , "Jewish religious office" , "Jewish master' s tenure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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