Proceeded after Christ with minibus and returned last month (8)
I believe the answer is:
advanced
'proceeded' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'christ with minibus and returned last month' is the wordplay.
'christ with' becomes 'ad' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'minibus' becomes 'van' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'returned' is a reversal indicator.
'last month' becomes 'dec' (short for December, last month of the year).
'dec' back-to-front is 'ced'.
'ad'+'van'+'ced'='ADVANCED'
'after' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for advanced that I've seen before include "progressive" , "Progressed" , "Far ahead in development or progress" , "Went forward, being far on" , "Moved forward" .)