Resting place for the great cat, not quite running (8)
I believe the answer is:
pantheon
'resting place' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'great cat not quite running' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'nt' (synonyms) and 'nt' is found within the answer.
'running' could be 'on' (eg when a machine is running it is on) and 'on' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pantheon that I've seen before include "Ancient Roman temple" , "list of great names" , "Temple of all the gods in ancient Greece" , "Circular temple in Rome" , "church" .)