Basic for baptism that rector's in prominent position (5)
I believe the answer is:
front
'position' is the definition.
(front is a kind of position)
'basic for baptism that rector's in prominent' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'for' is 'fro' which is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for front that I've seen before include "Impudence" , "first" , "Forepart - audacity" , "confident manner?" , "Boldness of manner" .)