Show contempt for church when snubbing cardinal's char (6)
I believe the answer is:
scorch
'char' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'show contempt for church when snubbing cardinal's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'church' could be 'rc' (abbreviation for Roman Catholic) and 'rc' is located in the answer.
'cardinal' could be 'c' (similar in meaning) and 'c' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'soh' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scorch that I've seen before include "dry up" , "career" , "Get browned off" , "go very fast" , "Sear" .)