Cryptic crossword clue
Church service is brief for the audience 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TERCE

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What does TERCE mean?

TERCE noun
  1. The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
  2. The service appointed for this hour.
  3. A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

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