God: American under clerical council raised to accept one (8)
I believe the answer is:
dionysus
'god' is the definition.
(Dionysus is an example)
'american under clerical council raised to accept one' is the wordplay.
'american under' becomes 'su' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clerical council' becomes 'synod' (I've seen this in another clue).
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'to accept' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'su'+'synod'='susynod'
'susynod' written backwards gives 'donysus'.
'donysus' going around 'i' is 'DIONYSUS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dionysus that I've seen before include "Greek god of wine and creativity" , "Wine-god" , "Greek god (Bacchus is his Roman equivalent)" , "Greek god of wine and fertility, also known as Bacchus" , "Sins you'd associate with Greek god of wine and fertility" .)