Couturier Pierre meeting a large cleric (8)
I believe the answer is:
cardinal
'cleric' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'couturier pierre meeting a large' is the wordplay.
'couturier pierre' becomes 'cardin' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'cardin'+'a'+'l'='CARDINAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cardinal that I've seen before include "Vivid red of a senior bishop?" , "High-ranking official of the Roman Catholic church" , "Possibly one" , "cleric" , "One, perhaps" .)