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Table I replaced in church: that’s just like some priests (8)

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I believe the answer is:

celibate

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'that's just like some priests' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'table i replaced in church' is the wordplay.
'replaced' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England**).
'table'+'i'='tablei'
'tablei' is an anagram of 'elibat'.
'elibat' going within 'ce' is 'CELIBATE'.

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(Other definitions for celibate that I've seen before include "Not the marrying kind" , "Unmarried in citeable way" , "Citeable as unmarried for religious reasons" , "Avowed bachelor" , "Remaining chaste for religious reasons." .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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