Holy vessels made from older cans? (9)
I believe the answer is:
colanders
'holy vessels' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'from older cans?' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (from the letters).
'older'+'cans'='oldercans'
'oldercans' anagrammed gives 'COLANDERS'.
'made' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for colanders that I've seen before include "Can solder manufacture perforated utensils?" , "Culinary strainers" , "they'll be in the kitchen" , "Bowl-shaped strainers" .)