Aim for a high position in church? (6)
I believe the answer is:
aspire
'aim for' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a high position in church?' is the wordplay.
'high' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'highest of' mean this (top letter - down clues only)).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'church?' becomes 'sire' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'position' is 'p'.
'p' inserted into 'sire' is 'spire'.
'a'+'spire'='ASPIRE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aspire that I've seen before include "Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal" , "Long" , "Aim, shoot for" , "I spare (anag.)" , "Have hopes (to achieve something)" .)