Being religious, has little time for starting trouble (4)
I believe the answer is:
sect
'being religious' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'little time for starting trouble' is the wordplay.
'little time' becomes 'sec' (short for second).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'starting' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'trouble' is 't'.
'sec'+'t'='SECT'
'has' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sect that I've seen before include "Small group with own religious beliefs" , "Fringe religious group" , "Nonconformist faction" , "Subdivision of a religion" , "School, faction" .)