Like an inscribed trophy buried in the churchyard? (8)
I believe the answer is:
engraved
'trophy buried in the churchyard?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'like an inscribed' is the wordplay.
'like an' becomes 'en' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inscribed' becomes 'graved' ('grave' can be a synonym of 'inscribe').
'en'+'graved'='ENGRAVED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for engraved that I've seen before include "Cut, carved (a design)" , "Carved into surface" , "Cut or impressed into a surface" , "deeply impressed" .)