Scottish poet keeping books outside a religious office (9)
I believe the answer is:
rabbinate
'office' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Jewish office' mean 'rabbinate' so perhaps 'office' could also mean 'rabbinate')
'scottish poet keeping books outside a religious' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'books' could be 'bb' and 'bb' is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rabbinate that I've seen before include "collection of teachers" , "Jewish religious office" , "Jewish master' s tenure" .)