Will know, shortly, about Church of England bishop and give them the nod (6)
I believe the answer is:
beckon
'church of england bishop and give them the nod' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'will know shortly about' is the wordplay.
'will' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'know shortly' becomes 'beck' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' becomes 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic).
'beck' next to 'on' is 'BECKON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beckon that I've seen before include "Summon by sign" , "Gesture closer" , "Gesture to follow" , "Summon with finger gesture" , "Summon with hand gesture" .)