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Pure ecstasy after flower festival in church (4-5)

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I believe the answer is:

lily-white

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'festival in church' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'pure ecstasy after flower' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pure' could be 'white' (I've seen this before) and 'white' is found within the answer.
'flower' could be 'lily' (I've seen this before) and 'lily' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for lily-white that I've seen before include "Without blame" , "Without fault" , "Absolutely pure" , "faultless" , "Totally innocent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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