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Awfully mean thing to say in church (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amen

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'thing to say in church' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'awfully mean' is the wordplay.
'awfully' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mean' is an anagram of 'AMEN'.

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(Other definitions for amen that I've seen before include "Put name to end of payer" , "prayer's ending" , "Prayer ending" , "Name for end to prayer" , "Extremist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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