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Tea chest raised important point spiritually (6)

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I believe the answer is:

chakra

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'important point spiritually' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'tea chest raised' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'chest' becomes 'ark' (historical term for a chest).
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ark' written backwards gives 'kra'.
'cha'+'kra'='CHAKRA'

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(Other definitions for chakra that I've seen before include "In Indian thought, one of the centres of spiritual power in the body" , "A centre of spiritual power in the body (yoga)" , "One of seven bodily centres of spiritual power" , "One of seven centres of spiritual power in the human body" .)

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