Position in church Liz mostly combined with shepherd after second husband left (9)

'position' is the definition.
(eldership is a kind of position)

'in church liz mostly combined with shepherd after second husband left' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' could be 'hip' (both can mean fashionable) and 'hip' is found within the answer.
'second' could be 's' (common abbreviation) and 's' is found within the answer.
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'eder' is a valid word 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?