Top cleric to promote Latin translation (12)
I believe the answer is:
metropolitan
'top cleric' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'promote latin translation' is the wordplay.
'translation' is an anagram indicator.
'promote'+'latin'='promotelatin'
'promotelatin' anagrammed gives 'METROPOLITAN'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for metropolitan that I've seen before include "Urban" , "Of a large city -- London Underground line" , "characteristic of London perhaps?" , "Relating to a large city" , "Archbishop" .)