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Treaties prepared as religious work? (8)

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treatise

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'religious work?' is the definition.
'treatise' can be an answer for 'work?' (I have seen 'formal work' mean 'treatise' so perhaps 'work' could also mean 'treatise'). I am unsure of the 'religious' bit.

'treaties prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'treaties' anagrammed gives 'TREATISE'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for treatise that I've seen before include "Disquisition" , "Long, detailed essay" , "Systematically-written formal piece" , "Learned work formally dealing with a subject" , "Learned writing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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