Behold religious man - your first transporter (5)
I believe the answer is:
lorry
'transporter' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'behold religious man your first' is the wordplay.
'behold' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'religious' becomes 'r' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'man' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man').
'your first' becomes 'y' (rst letter of 'your').
'lo'+'r'+'r'+'y'='LORRY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lorry that I've seen before include "Large truck" , "Industrial vehicle" , "Load-carrying vehicle" , "Commercial vehicle" , "From which stolen goods fall?" .)