One with power over men following religious instruction (5)
I believe the answer is:
prior
'one' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'power over men following religious instruction' is the wordplay.
'power over' becomes 'p' (I've seen this in other clues).
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'religious instruction' becomes 'ri' (abbreviation).
'or' put after 'ri' is 'rior'.
'p'+'rior'='PRIOR'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prior that I've seen before include "Source of poetry in 17th century" , "High ranking person in monastery" , "English keeper" , "Head of a religious order" , "More pressing" .)