Religious sage (7)
I believe the answer is:
mahatma
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">religious sage</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for mahatma that I've seen before include "Adept" , "Wise and holy leader in 12" , "Great Soul, as Gandhi was called" , "Wise fellow" , "Gandhi's title" .)