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They could be the best in prayers! (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

presbyterians

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'they' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'could be the best in prayers' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'best'+'in'+'prayers'='bestinprayers'
'bestinprayers' anagrammed gives 'PRESBYTERIANS'.

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(Other definitions for presbyterians that I've seen before include "Church people" , "Protestant church members" , "Followers of a branch of Calvinism - Britney Spears (anag)" , "Calvinists" , "Followers of John Knox" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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