Cryptic crossword clue
Archbishop in particular put away 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PRIMATE

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The straight part
We know that "Archbishop" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case archbishop = primate.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PRIMATE mean?

PRIMATE noun
  1. A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
  2. A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
PRIMATE noun
  1. In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
  2. In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.
  3. In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

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