Decorative item and source of light in church? (6)
I believe the answer is:
candle
'decorative item' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'and source of light in church?' is the wordplay.
'source of' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'church?' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
The first letter of 'light' is 'l'.
'and'+'l'='andl'
'andl' going inside 'ce' is 'CANDLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for candle that I've seen before include "Check an egg for freshness" , "Symbol of hope" , "Wax stick with wick" , "Wax 21 ac source" , "It's better to light one than curse the darkness, it's said" .)