Coming from South, Noel tours a French church, getting meal (8)
I believe the answer is:
luncheon
'meal' is the definition.
(luncheon is a kind of meal)
'coming from south noel tours a french church' is the wordplay.
'coming from south' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters head up or go \'north\').
'tours' indicates putting letters inside (to tour can mean to go around).
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'noel' backwards is 'leon'.
'un'+'ch'='unch'
'leon' going around 'unch' is 'LUNCHEON'.
'getting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for luncheon that I've seen before include "Food" , "Midday meal" , "part of formal board" , "formal occasion" , "midday menu" .)