Ordinary tea before seeing cleric (8)
I believe the answer is:
chaplain
'cleric' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'ordinary tea before' is the wordplay.
'ordinary' becomes 'plain' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'plain' after 'cha' is 'CHAPLAIN'.
'seeing' is the link.
(Other definitions for chaplain that I've seen before include "Christian clergyman attached to an institution, military body etc" , "Armed services clergyman" , "Clergyman attached to military unit" , "Regimental clergyman" , "Forces' clergyman" .)