Deity gets silver from non-Christian (5)
I believe the answer is:
pagan
'non-christian' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'deity gets silver' is the wordplay.
'deity' becomes 'pan' (Pan is an example).
'gets' is an insertion indicator (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'pan' enclosing 'ag' is 'PAGAN'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pagan that I've seen before include "One not accepting your god" , "Pantheistic" , "Polytheist" , "Unbeliever" , "One outside the main religions" .)