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Dean at bizarre church social event (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tea dance

'social event' is the definition.
(historical type of social event)

'dean at bizarre church' is the wordplay.
'bizarre' is an anagram indicator.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'dean'+'at'='deanat'
'deanat' anagrammed gives 'teadan'.
'teadan'+'ce'='TEA-DANCE'

(Other definitions for tea dance that I've seen before include "Afternoon or early evening social event" , "social occasion" , "Civilised party" , "Afternoon function" , "Afternoon activity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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