Church canon, one of heavenly appearance? (8)
I believe the answer is:
cerulean
'heavenly appearance?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'church canon one' is the wordplay.
'church canon' becomes 'cerule' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'an' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cerule'+'an'='CERULEAN'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cerulean that I've seen before include "Deep blue colour" , "Blue like the sky" , "Sky-blue in literary way" , "of clear heavenly appearance" , "Azure" .)