Show contempt for church when snubbing cardinal's char (6)
I believe the answer is:
scorch
'char' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'show contempt for church when snubbing cardinal's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'church' could be 'rc' (abbreviation for Roman Catholic) and 'rc' is found in the answer.
'cardinal' could be 'c' (similar in meaning) and 'c' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'soh' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scorch that I've seen before include "dry up" , "career" , "Get browned off" , "go very fast" , "Sear" .)