Pence and shillings raised in charity work by David (5)
I believe the answer is:
psalm
'david' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'pence and shillings raised in charity work' is the wordplay.
'pence' becomes 'p'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'shillings' becomes 's' (abbreviation e.g. Lsd - pounds, shillings, pence).
'raised in charity work' becomes 'alm' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'p'+'s'+'alm'='PSALM'
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for psalm that I've seen before include "Jewish hymn" , "Sacred poem attributed to David" , "A song which praises" , "Sacred Biblical song" , "OT hymn" .)