He's going to take orders and follow wording on strip (8)
I believe the answer is:
ordinand
'he's going to take orders and follow wording on strip' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'he's going to take orders and' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'he' could be 'ian' and 'ian' is found within the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'odd' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ordinand that I've seen before include "Trainee for priesthood" , "Candidate priest" , "Trainee cleric" , "One training as a minister" , "Candidate for receiving of holy orders" .)