Provoked priest given as example (8)
I believe the answer is:
elicited
'provoked' is the definition.
('elicit' can be a synonym of 'provoke')
'priest given as example' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'priest' could be 'eli' (I've seen this before) and 'eli' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cited' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elicited that I've seen before include "Drew out, evoked" , "Provoked" , "brought out" , "Drew meaning or response from" , "drawn out" .)