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Table inlaid with nacre design for a place of worship (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tabernacle

'a place of worship' is the definition.
(tabernacle is a kind of place of worship)

'table inlaid with nacre design' is the wordplay.
'inlaid with' is an insertion indicator.
'design' indicates an anagram.
'nacre' with letters rearranged gives 'ernac'.
'table' enclosing 'ernac' is 'TABERNACLE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for tabernacle that I've seen before include "Tent for Ark in Exodus" , "Portable tent" , "Nonconformist church" , "niche in church" , "Tent for the Ark of the Covenant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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