Church councils saying wickedness has the advantage? (6)
I believe the answer is:
synods
'church councils' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'saying wickedness has the advantage?' is the wordplay.
'saying' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'wickedness' becomes 'sin' (synonyms).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the advantage?' becomes 'ods' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sin' is a homophone of 'syn'.
'syn'+'ods'='SYNODS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for synods that I've seen before include "Council to discuss ecclesiastical business" , "Ecclesiastical councils" , "Councils attended by clergy to discuss policy" , "Councils of bishops" , "Council meetings of clergy to discuss policy" .)