Clergyman welcomes family chatter (9)
I believe the answer is:
parkinson
'chatter' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'clergyman welcomes family' is the wordplay.
'clergyman' becomes 'parson' (parson is a kind of clergyman).
'welcomes' indicates putting letters inside (in sense of 'invites in').
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'parson' placed around 'kin' is 'PARKINSON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parkinson that I've seen before include "C. Northcote ---, writer, historian (---'s Law)" , "Lawman" , "Man of the law" , "[LAWMAKER]?" .)