Freeze in Irish church (3)
I believe the answer is:
ice
'freeze' is the definition.
(as in water turning into ice)
'irish church' is the wordplay.
'irish' becomes 'i' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'i'+'ce'='ICE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ice that I've seen before include "Diamonds, colloquially" , "To put in a drink or slide on" , "Skating surface" , "Diamonds (sl)" , "kill American" .)