The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HENCE
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More clues leading to the result HENCE
- Some heathen celebrated from this time
- Horse dealer who’s bent must avoid force consequently
- It follows chicken: empty cage
- Women only seen at church from this time onwards
- For this reason chicken vacated cage
- So that’s what it means!
- Chicken goes to church from here
- So, here’s where we may see this hyphen: ‘centrally-heated’
- Money’s quietly replaced by husband in the future
- Bird starts to collect eggs from here
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The straight part
We know that "New religious establishment supports empty hermitage from now on (5)/from now on" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case new religious establishment supports empty hermitage from now on (5)/from now on = hence.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HENCE mean?
HENCE adverb- From here, from this place, away
- From the living or from this world
- (of a length of time) in the future from now
- As a result; therefore, for this reason