Will’s gift follows Lorraine’s from official body (8)
I believe the answer is:
delegacy
'lorraine's from official body' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'will's gift follows' is the wordplay.
'will's' becomes 'de' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gift' becomes 'legacy' (a legacy is gifted to future generations).
'follows' says to put letters next to each other.
'de'+'legacy'='DELEGACY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for delegacy that I've seen before include "Eg a Clyde (anag) - giving authority to others - university department" , "Committee" .)