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Worker in biblical community went to America (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

santa maria

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'community went to america' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'worker in biblical' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'biblical' becomes 'samaria' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ant' going into 'samaria' is 'SANTA MARIA'.

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(Other definitions for santa maria that I've seen before include "Columbus' ship" , "Flagship of Columbus" , "Historic vessel" , "Columbus's flagship" , "Brazilian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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