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Money from a priest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piastre

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

'from a priest' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'a'+'priest'='apriest'
'apriest' with letters rearranged gives 'PIASTRE'.

(Other definitions for piastre that I've seen before include "bit of money" , "Syrian money" , "Former coin in some Middle Eastern countries" , "Foreign currency" , "Small amount of money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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