Tricky meeting involving priest and chapter (8)
I believe the answer is:
delicate
'tricky' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'meeting involving priest and chapter' is the wordplay.
'meeting' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of meeting).
'involving' indicates putting letters inside.
'priest' becomes 'eli' (biblical figure).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'chapter' becomes 'c'.
'eli'+'c'='elic'
'date' placed around 'elic' is 'DELICATE'.
(Other definitions for delicate that I've seen before include "Discriminating" , "Dainty - fragile" , "Weak" , "Exquisitely fine and subtle" , "Exquisite; needing tactful handling" .)