Perhaps stole a penny in church (4)
I believe the answer is:
cape
'perhaps stole' is the definition.
'cape' can be an answer for 'stole' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'perhaps' bit.
'a penny in church' is the wordplay.
'penny' becomes 'p' ().
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'a'+'p'='ap'
'ap' inserted into 'ce' is 'CAPE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cape that I've seen before include "Covering for the shoulders" , "Wrath, say" , "Headland - garment" , "Cod, for example" , "Cod possibly" .)