State capital having no love for religious rite (9)
I believe the answer is:
sacrament
'religious rite' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'state capital having no love' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'state' could be 'sa' (South Australia) and 'sa' is located in the answer.
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sacrament that I've seen before include "Orders" , "Sign of grace" , "Form of religious observance" , "Religious rite" , "A mystery of the church" .)