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Church with a simple clergyman (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaplain

'clergyman' is the definition.
(I know that Chaplain is a type of clergyman)

'church with a simple' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'simple' becomes 'plain' (synonyms).
'ch'+'a'+'plain'='CHAPLAIN'

(Other definitions for chaplain that I've seen before include "Member of the clergy, in 24 ac say" , "'Member of the clergy, in a hospital, say (8)'" , "Clergyman attached to an institution, such as the army" , "man of God" , "cleric" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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