People who pleasure themselves are no saints, perhaps (8)

I believe the answer is:

onanists

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'people who pleasure themselves' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'no saints perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'no'+'saints'='nosaints'
'nosaints' anagrammed gives 'ONANISTS'.

'are' acts as a link.

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