When Henry VIII broke with The Pope perhaps, this study once kept the order in order?
I believe the answer is:
churchwarden
'when henry viii broke with the pope perhaps this study once kept the order in order?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'henry viii broke with the pope perhaps this study once kept the order in order?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'henry' could be 'h' ('H' can be a synonym of 'henry') and 'h' is present in the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is found within the answer.
'study' could be 'den' (I've seen this before) and 'den' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for churchwarden that I've seen before include "Parish officer - long-stemmed pipe" , "one seen to smoke" , "Long-stemmed clay pipe; parish representative" , "Long clay pipe" .)