Status of turbulent priest — extremely godlike? (8)
I believe the answer is:
prestige
'status' is the definition.
(prestige is a kind of status)
'turbulent priest extremely godlike?' is the wordplay.
'turbulent' is an anagram indicator.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the extremes of the word are used).
'godlike' with its middle taken out is 'ge'.
'priest' anagrammed gives 'presti'.
'presti'+'ge'='PRESTIGE'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for prestige that I've seen before include "Distinction or high reputation" , "It's good standing" , "Kudos" , "Status, reputation" , "Reputation based on achievements" .)