Praise from extended family embracing Utah (7)
I believe the answer is:
tribute
'praise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'extended family embracing utah' is the wordplay.
'extended family' becomes 'tribe' (I've seen this in another clue).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'utah' becomes 'UT' (abbreviation).
'tribe' going around 'ut' is 'TRIBUTE'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tribute that I've seen before include "expression of approval" , "Tax" , "Admiring statement" , "Testimony" , "Accolade" .)