The French imam's abroad, finding worship in Tibet (7)

I believe the answer is:

lamaism

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'worship in tibet' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'the french imam's abroad' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' (one of the French words for 'the').
'abroad' indicates anagramming the letters (abroad can mean moving around).
'imams' anagrammed gives 'maism'.
'la'+'maism'='LAMAISM'

'finding' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for lamaism that I've seen is " religious system".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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