Tribute to a holy person (5)
I believe the answer is:
toast
'tribute' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'to a holy person' is the wordplay.
'holy person' becomes 'st' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to'+'a'+'st'='TOAST'
(Other definitions for toast that I've seen before include "Drink to someone" , "Drink the health of - brown bread!" , "making this pledge?" , "Cook by radiant heat" , "It may be eaten (or drunk!)" .)