Area around the altar of a church (7)
I believe the answer is:
chancel
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">area around the altar of a church</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for chancel that I've seen before include "space for choir" , "where sanctuary may be found" , "Clergy's area of the church" , "church, partly" , "Part of church near altar" .)