Withdrawal for prayer, study, meditation (7)

I believe the answer is:

retreat

(Other definitions for retreat that I've seen before include "Pull back" , "care home" , "withdrawal" , "Withdraw from battle" , "asylum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Simplex).

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