Light from church beyond hill (5)
I believe the answer is:
torch
'light' is the definition.
(torch is a kind of light)
'church beyond hill' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'beyond' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'ch' after 'tor' is 'TORCH'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for torch that I've seen before include "Flashlight" , "Small hand-held battery lamp" , "Small portable battery-powered electric lamp" , "A large candle" , "may get one glowing" .)