Rome butcher taken in by father of late (6)
I believe the answer is:
former
'late' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'rome butcher taken in by father' is the wordplay.
'butcher' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'butchered' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'father' becomes 'fr'.
'rome' with letters rearranged gives 'orme'.
'orme' put within 'fr' is 'FORMER'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for former that I've seen before include "Of an earlier period, or mentioned before another" , "The first of two mentioned" , "Old < prior < departed" , "not present" , "One shaping" .)