The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word YESHIVA
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More clues leading to the result YESHIVA
- You will meet Hindu god in Jewish school
- Rather tipsy-sounding, joins central private seminary
- Religious school where you once faced god
- ... work is heavy at the religious academy
- Religious school uniting you and god
- The old Hindu god's school of religion
- Knife found in positively religious school
- That’s correct, knife was smuggled into the religious school
- Place where you learn the Talmud is heavy, complicated
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The straight part
We know that "religious school" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case religious school = yeshiva.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 YESHIVA mean?
YESHIVA noun- An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.