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Vestry typically holds object of worship husband left (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacristy

'vestry' is the definition.
(I know that vestry can be written as sacristy)

'typically holds object of worship husband left' is the wordplay.
'typically' becomes 'say' ('say' can mean for example or typically).
'holds' is an insertion indicator.
'object of worship' becomes 'Christ' (Jesus Christ).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'left' suggests deleting specific letters (some letters have left).
'say' going around 'christ' is 'sachristy'.
'sachristy' with 'h' taken away is 'SACRISTY'.

(Other definitions for sacristy that I've seen before include "Satyr (sic) found in church storage room" , "Part of church" , "Church's sacred vessels store" , "Vestry" , "Church robing room" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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