Latin church court (7)
I believe the answer is:
romance
'court' is the definition.
('romance' can be a synonym of 'court')
'latin church' is the wordplay.
'latin' becomes 'roman' (I've seen this before).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'roman'+'ce'='ROMANCE'
(Other definitions for romance that I've seen before include "Language group; love affair" , "Novel (or often its main theme)" , "Novel - love story" , "Feeling of mystery; love affair" , "Make up stories - Menorca (anag)" .)