Excerpt infused with a loathing for theocratic state (9)
I believe the answer is:
caliphate
'theocratic state' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'excerpt infused with a loathing' is the wordplay.
'excerpt' becomes 'clip' (I've seen this before).
'infused with' indicates putting letters inside.
'loathing' becomes 'hate' (I've seen this before).
'clip' enclosing 'a' is 'calip'.
'calip'+'hate'='CALIPHATE'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caliphate that I've seen before include "religious office" , "Type of government" .)