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Ring after religious ceremony in California (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacramento

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'in california' is the definition.
('Sacramento' is part of 'california')

'ring after religious ceremony' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ring' could be 'o' (letter resembling a ring) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'ceremony' could be 'sacrament' (sacrament is a kind of ceremony) and 'sacrament' 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 sacramento that I've seen before include "State capital of California" , "port" , "US city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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