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Set fire to the church on the hill! (5)

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torch

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(Other definitions for torch that I've seen before include "Small portable battery-powered electric lamp" , "Light carried in the hand" , "Set fire to; electric lamp" , "Small hand-held battery lamp" , "Portable light; burn" .)

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