Fuss with Religious Education and Worship (5)
I believe the answer is:
adore
'worship' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'fuss with religious education' is the wordplay.
'fuss' becomes 'ado' (synonyms).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'religious education' becomes 're'.
'ado'+'re'='ADORE'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for adore that I've seen before include "Love to distraction" , "Love, revere intensely" , "Honour" , "Like a lot" , "Worship, venerate" .)