Silence report of religious building in disrepair (6)
I believe the answer is:
shabby
'in disrepair' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'silence report of religious' is the wordplay.
'silence' becomes 'sh' ('sh' is said to tell someone to be silent).
'report of religious' becomes 'abby' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sh'+'abby'='SHABBY'
'building' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shabby that I've seen before include "Badly worn" , "Down-at-heel - mean" , "Down at heel" , "Scruffy; unfair" , "Run down" .)