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Summary of oriental holy book (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epitome

'summary' is the definition.
(epitome is a kind of summary)

'oriental holy book' is the wordplay.
'oriental' becomes 'e'.
'holy' becomes 'pi' (I've seen this in other clues).
'book' becomes 'tome' (tome is a kind of book).
'e'+'pi'+'tome'='EPITOME'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for epitome that I've seen before include "Essence or embodiment" , "Personification" , "ie Tempo (anag.)" , "Summary; embodiment" , "Embodiment or perfect example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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