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Pastoral leader with a mitre, perhaps (7)

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I believe the answer is:

primate

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'pastoral leader with a mitre perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'pastoral leader with a mitre perhaps' is the wordplay.
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
The first letter of 'pastoral' is 'p'.
'mitre' anagrammed gives 'rimte'.
'a' inserted inside 'rimte' is 'rimate'.
'p'+'rimate'='PRIMATE'

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(Other definitions for primate that I've seen before include "Man (or monkey)" , "E.g. monkey, ape, archbishop" , "Leader" , "Chief priest" , "Archbishop - monkey, perhaps" .)

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