Son in church from that time onward (5)

I believe the answer is:

since

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'from that time onward' is the definition.
'since' can be an answer for 'from' (I've seen this in another clue). I am unsure of the remainder of the definition.

'son in church' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
's'+'in'+'ce'='SINCE'

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(Other definitions for since that I've seen before include "in the past" , "Seeing that" , "Because; ago" , "From that time one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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