Influence in part of church (7)

I believe the answer is:

inspire

'influence' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in part of church' is the wordplay.
'part of church' becomes 'spire'.
'in'+'spire'='INSPIRE'

(Other definitions for inspire that I've seen before include "Give (feeling of) creativity to" , "Inhale" , "Fill a person with the urge to do something" , "take a breath" , "Encourage - breathe in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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