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I p-prohibit the return of the holy man

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rabbi

'the holy man' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'i p-prohibit the return' is the wordplay.
'p-prohibit' becomes 'b-bar' ('bar' said with a stutter like 'prohibit' was; to bar is to ban or prohibit).
'the return' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'i'+'bbar'='ibbar'
'ibbar' back-to-front is 'RABBI'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rabbi that I've seen before include "Jewish religious teacher" , "Teacher of Jewish law" , "Religious scholar" , "Blue" , "Jewish learned man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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