Scattered rice lost in part of cathedral (8)
I believe the answer is:
cloister
'part of cathedral' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'scattered rice lost' is the wordplay.
'scattered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rice'+'lost'='ricelost'
'ricelost' is an anagram of 'CLOISTER'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cloister that I've seen before include "Monastery's arcaded walk" , "Covered monastic walkway" , "Monastic life" , "Covered walk by cathedral etc" , "Covered walk in religious institution" .)