State of a bishop taken in by a monk (7)
I believe the answer is:
alabama
'state' is the definition.
(Alabama is an example)
'a bishop taken in by a monk' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'monk' becomes 'lama' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'b'='ab'
'a'+'lama'='alama'
'ab' going inside 'alama' is 'ALABAMA'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for alabama that I've seen before include "US state on the Gulf of Mexico" , "Southern American state" , "US state in which Birmingham is situated" , "SE US state" , "Southern US state" .)