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Name hospital hiding large sum paid to church (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tithe

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'large sum paid to church' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'name hospital hiding' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'tite' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'hiding' is an insertion indicator.
'tite' placed around 'h' is 'TITHE'.

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(Other definitions for tithe that I've seen before include "10% tax" , "Ancient tax" , "Tax once levied" , "Tax paid to church" , "One-tenth; church tax" .)

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