Triumphed over evil, Padre Turner did (9)

I believe the answer is:

prevailed

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'triumphed' is the definition.
('prevail' can be a synonym of 'triumph')

'over evil padre turner did' is the wordplay.
'evil padre' can be anagrammed to 'PREVAILED'.
Though, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for prevailed that I've seen before include "Was in force" , "had his way" .)

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