Repulse redevelopment around church tomb (9)
I believe the answer is:
sepulchre
'tomb' is the definition.
(I know that sepulchre is a type of tomb)
'repulse redevelopment around church' is the wordplay.
'redevelopment' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'repulse' anagrammed gives 'sepulre'.
'sepulre' enclosing 'ch' is 'SEPULCHRE'.
(Other definitions for sepulchre that I've seen before include "Burial place" , "Help curse (anag) - tomb" , "Burial chamber" , "vault" , "Helps cure (anag)" .)