The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INTROIT
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More clues leading to the result INTROIT
- Elected left-winger welcomes one piece of church music
- Keen on new technology, storing right part for service
- Opening to Italian anthem
- Admit mass omitted anthem
- First anthem, in time slowing down, about over
- Religious piece breaking tradition? Not these days
- Hymn: keen on it when Rector enters
- Hymn trendy trio jazzed up after time
- Church song popular trio played on time
- Choral piece in easy pace engrossing one
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The straight part
We know that "part for service" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case part for service = introit.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INTROIT mean?
INTROIT noun- A composition of vocal music sung at the opening of a church service.
- An anthem or psalm sung before a Communion service.
- A part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible read or sung at Mass immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.
- A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar, which begins with the line “Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine” (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).
- The action of entering or going in; an entrance.
- An introduction.
- The first few words of the office for a particular day, sometimes used to refer to the day.