Believer in circle with one short prayer (8)
I believe the answer is:
disciple
'believer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'circle with one short prayer' is the wordplay.
'circle with' becomes 'disc' (disc is a kind of circle. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'prayer' becomes 'plea' (plea is a kind of prayer).
'plea' with its final letter taken away is 'ple'.
'disc'+'i'+'ple'='DISCIPLE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disciple that I've seen before include "A follower or apostle" , "Follower of certain doctrines" , "Student - follower" , "A faithful follower, as of Christ (8)" , "James perhaps" .)