Father embracing a deity in shrine (6)
I believe the answer is:
pagoda
'shrine' is the definition.
(type of Asian temple)
'father embracing a deity' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'deity' becomes 'god' (a deity is a god or divine being).
'a'+'god'='agod'
'pa' enclosing 'agod' is 'PAGODA'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pagoda that I've seen before include "religious structure" , "holy building" , "Buddhist tower with several stories" , "place of worship" , "Hindu temple shaped like pyramid" .)