Rector in church suspended about half of LP record (9)
I believe the answer is:
chronicle
'record' is the definition.
(chronicling is a kind of recording)
'rector in church suspended about half of lp' is the wordplay.
'rector in church' becomes 'chr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'suspended' becomes 'on ice' (to put something 'on ice' is to postpone it).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'half of' suggests halving the letters.
'lp' halved is 'l'.
'onice' going around 'l' is 'onicle'.
'chr'+'onicle'='CHRONICLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chronicle that I've seen before include "Register of events over time" , "Account of important events" , "Continuous record of events in order of time" , "Record of historic events" , "History" .)