The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COLLECT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result COLLECT
- Get end of blunt instrument caught up
- Save room for prisoner up in bed
- Pick up is part of the service
- Come together as congregation for prayer
- Pick up as part of the service
- Raise instrument, held up in court
- Get together for prayer
- Mass or short prayer
- Gather phone’s picked up in bed
- Gather there’s little room after turning round in bed
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The straight part
We know that "Come together as congregation/prayer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case come together as congregation/prayer = collect.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 COLLECT mean?
COLLECT verb- To gather together; amass.
- To get; particularly, get from someone.
- To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
- (often with on or against) To collect payments.
- To come together in a group or mass.
- To infer; to conclude.
- (of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
- To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
- With payment due from the recipient.
- The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.