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A priest's building for tramps? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

traipses

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

'a priest's building' is the wordplay.
'building' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'priests'='apriests'
'apriests' is an anagram of 'TRAIPSES'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for traipses that I've seen before include "Walks pointlessly or tediously" , "Walk tediously, plods" , "Tramps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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