Abrupt about a European member of the clergy (6)
I believe the answer is:
curate
'member of the clergy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'abrupt about a european' is the wordplay.
'abrupt' becomes 'curt' (I've seen this before).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'curt' enclosing 'a' is 'curat'.
'curat'+'e'='CURATE'
(Other definitions for curate that I've seen before include "Acuter (anag.)" , "Parson" , "Assistant to a parish priest" , "Assistant cleric" , "Junior priest in a parish" .)