His curate screwed up sacrament (9)

I believe the answer is:

eucharist

'sacrament' is the definition.
(Eucharist is an example)

'his curate screwed up' is the wordplay.
'screwed up' indicates an anagram.
'his'+'curate'='hiscurate'
'hiscurate' anagrammed gives 'EUCHARIST'.

(Other definitions for eucharist that I've seen before include "Consecrated bread" , "Bread and wine" , "host" , "Holy Communion" , "church service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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