Sentence:  `` Since 1692 a great but superficial change has wiped out <WSD>God</WSD> 's beard and the Devil 's horns , but the world is still gripped between two diametrically opposed absolutes . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions