Clergyman to genuflect in free prayer (10)

I believe the answer is:

prebendary

'clergyman' is the definition.
(prebendary is a kind of clergyman)

'genuflect in free prayer' is the wordplay.
'genuflect' becomes 'bend' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'free' indicates anagramming the letters.
'prayer' is an anagram of 'preary'.
'bend' going inside 'preary' is 'PREBENDARY'.

'to' is the link.

(Another definition for prebendary that I've seen is " Cleric".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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