Church finds a quiet man (4)
I believe the answer is:
chap
'man' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'church finds a quiet' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'finds' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a quiet' becomes 'ap' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ch'+'ap'='CHAP'
(Other definitions for chap that I've seen before include "Fellow; sore skin area" , "Become sore; fellow" , "Bloke, fellow" , "Cracked patch (of skin) - gentleman" , "Fish" .)