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Distinctive character is only a priest perhaps (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

personality

'distinctive character' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'only a priest perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'only'+'a'+'priest'='onlyapriest'
'onlyapriest' anagrammed gives 'PERSONALITY'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for personality that I've seen before include "Charisma" , "Distinctive character" , "Individual character" , "(Distinctness of) character" , "Celebrity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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