Laurel near church on Islington’s outskirts for example (8)
I believe the answer is:
instance
'example' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'laurel near church on islington's outskirts' is the wordplay.
'laurel' becomes 'stan' (I've seen this before).
'near church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England. I am not sure about the 'near' bit.).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'outskirts' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'outskirts of' mean this).
'islington' with its centre taken out is 'in'.
'stan'+'ce'='stance'
'stance' after 'in' is 'INSTANCE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for instance that I've seen before include "Particular example" , "Case or example from ancients" , "Cite as an example" , "A case or example of something" , "Canniest (anag) - occurrence" .)