Treaties prepared as religious work? (8)
I believe the answer is:
treatise
'religious work?' is the definition.
'treatise' can be an answer for 'work?' (I have seen 'formal work' mean 'treatise' so perhaps 'work' could also mean 'treatise'). I am unsure of the 'religious' bit.
'treaties prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'treaties' anagrammed gives 'TREATISE'.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for treatise that I've seen before include "Disquisition" , "Long, detailed essay" , "Systematically-written formal piece" , "Learned work formally dealing with a subject" , "Learned writing" .)