God is a stern receptacle for an act of God (8)

I believe the answer is:

disaster

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'an act of god' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'god is a stern receptacle' is the wordplay.
'DISASTER' is hidden in amongst the letters.
However, I am uncertain how the hidden word is indicated.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for disaster that I've seen before include "Sudden catastrophe" , "Great tradegy or cataclysm" , "Star dies (anag)" , "Calamity, sudden great misfortune" , "Catastrophe, tragedy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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