Getting out one’s prayer book after synod’s ending (9)
I believe the answer is:
dismissal
'getting' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'one's prayer book after synod's ending' is the wordplay.
'one's' becomes 'i's' (Roman numeral).
'prayer book' becomes 'missal' (missal is a kind of prayer book).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ending' suggests the final letters (the ending of the word).
The last letter of 'synod' is 'd'.
'is'+'missal'='ismissal'
'ismissal' put after 'd' is 'DISMISSAL'.
'out' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dismissal that I've seen before include "sack" , "Removal from employment" , "ending" , "removal from office" , "getting cards?" .)