Where one has an elevated religious calling (7)

I believe the answer is:

minaret

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'where one has an elevated religious calling' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for minaret that I've seen before include "tower in the Middle East" , "Raiment worn on mosque tower" , "Slim tower of a mosque" , "Muezzin's tower" , "religious tower" .)

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