Record progress of church painting (5)
I believe the answer is:
chart
'record progress' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'church painting' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'painting' becomes 'art' (painting is an art).
'ch'+'art'='CHART'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chart that I've seen before include "what could be a pie" , "Hit parade" , "Plan" , "Table or graph" , "Navigational map" .)