Had to keep quiet, coming to a church away from conflict (2,5)

I believe the answer is:

at peace

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'away from conflict' is the definition.
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'had to keep quiet coming to a church' is the wordplay.
'had' becomes 'ate' (e.g. I had an ice cream).
'to keep' indicates putting letters inside.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'coming to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
'ate' enclosing 'p' is 'atpe'.
'atpe'+'a'+'ce'='AT PEACE'

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(Other definitions for at peace that I've seen before include "Not disputing" , "no longer with us" , "In a state of serenity" , "Dead?" , "pushing up the daisies" .)

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