Be accepted as fatherly saints? (4)
I believe the answer is:
pass
'be' is the definition.
(I know that pass is a type of be)
'accepted as fatherly saints?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'accepted' could be 'a' (financial abbreviation) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'saints?' could be 'ss' and 'ss' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'p' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pass that I've seen before include "Expression of ignorance" , "Exceed; go by" , "complimentary ticket" , "Get beyond" , "Pronounce (judgement)" .)