Toll for the man in church (5)
I believe the answer is:
chime
'toll' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the man in church' is the wordplay.
'the man' becomes 'him' ().
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'him' placed within 'ce' is 'CHIME'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for chime that I've seen before include "Melodious bell sound" , "Harmonise, peal" , "Ring; harmonise" , "Ringing sound" , "Bell's sound" .)