Be quiet about a theologian and American holy men (7)

I believe the answer is:

saddhus

'holy men' is the definition.
(Hindu holy men)

'be quiet about a theologian and american' is the wordplay.
'be quiet' becomes 'sh' (both are said to tell someone to stop speaking).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'theologian' becomes 'DD' (Doctor of Divinity degree).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States).
'a'+'dd'='add'
'sh' going around 'add' is 'saddh'.
'saddh'+'us'='SADDHUS'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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