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Spoil church procession (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

march

'procession' is the definition.
(I know that march is a type of procession)

'spoil church' is the wordplay.
'spoil' becomes 'mar' (synonyms).
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'mar'+'ch'='MARCH'

(Other definitions for march that I've seen before include "demo" , "that happens fairly early each year" , "Military walking style" , "Month - proceed" , "Stride; month" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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