Whence the hands hurried to church? (5)

I believe the answer is:

ranch

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'whence the hands' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'hurried to church?' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'ran' (running is a kind of hurrying).
'to church?' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'

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(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Agricultural complex" , "American house?" , "Agricultural establishment" , "US livestock farm" , "Large American farm" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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