Trap feline near church (5)
I believe the answer is:
catch
'trap' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'feline near church' is the wordplay.
'feline' becomes 'cat' (I've seen this before).
'near' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'cat'+'ch'='CATCH'
(Other definitions for catch that I've seen before include "Desirable husband; unforeseen problem" , "Something trapped" , "Seize hold of" , "Seize - drawback" , "Intercept and hold" .)