Artist trapped in latched, damaged place of worship (9)
I believe the answer is:
cathedral
'place of worship' is the definition.
(cathedral is a kind of place of worship)
'artist trapped in latched damaged' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'trapped in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'latched' anagrammed gives 'cathedl'.
'ra' placed inside 'cathedl' is 'CATHEDRAL'.
(Other definitions for cathedral that I've seen before include "temple" , "place of religion" , "Christ Church or St Patrick's" , "religious site" , "Bishop's seat" .)