Minister coming north books to tour second state (7)
I believe the answer is:
vermont
'state' is the definition.
(Vermont is an example)
'minister coming north books to tour second' is the wordplay.
'minister' becomes 'rev' (I've seen this before**).
'coming north' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'books' becomes 'nt' (New Testament).
'to tour' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to tour can mean to go around).
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time).
'rev' written backwards gives 'ver'.
'ver'+'nt'='vernt'
'vernt' going around 'mo' is 'VERMONT'.
(Other definitions for vermont that I've seen before include "The Green Mountain state" , "US state, named for the Green Mountains" , "New England state, capital Montpelier" .)