Pass by the Spanish church feature (6)
I believe the answer is:
elapse
'pass by' is the definition.
(to elapse is to run out or pass by)
'the spanish church feature' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'church feature' becomes 'apse' (I've seen this in another clue).
'el'+'apse'='ELAPSE'
(Other definitions for elapse that I've seen before include "Go past" , "Pass away - asleep (anag)" , "Please (anag) -- pass away" , "Glide by" , "Tick by" .)