Hotel permitted to be regarded as sacred (8)
I believe the answer is:
hallowed
'sacred' is the definition.
(I know that sacred can be written as hallowed)
'hotel permitted' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'permitted' becomes 'allowed' ('allow' can be a synonym of 'permit').
'h'+'allowed'='HALLOWED'
'to be regarded as' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hallowed that I've seen before include "Respected" , "Made blessed" , "Holy, sacred" , "Honoured as holy, having lewd halo" , "Consecrated, blessed" .)