Series of prayers got up shortly with a line (6)
I believe the answer is:
rosary
'series of prayers' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'got up shortly with a line' is the wordplay.
'got up' becomes 'rose' (past tense of 'raise').
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'line' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'rose' with its last letter taken away is 'ros'.
'ros'+'a'+'ry'='ROSARY'
(Other definitions for rosary that I've seen before include "believer can count on it" , "Chaplet" , "Series of prayers" , "Catholic's string of beads" , "Prayer aid" .)