The phrase "deity for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English. It is typically used to describe a god or goddess who is specifically worshipped or revered for a certain quality or attribute. Example: In ancient Greek mythology, Apollo was considered the deity for music, poetry, and prophecy.
By custom, the maharaja even had to ask the deity for permission to leave town.
He said he chose Deity for his party because of the music and the food.
In Belize, the government sent armed guards to escort a jade head of a deity for its trip north.
A jade carving depicting the head of a deity, for example, reminded archaeologists of the kind of jewels Maya kings and queens had in their crowns.
Mr. Prabhu said he invoked the name of Ganesh, a Hindu deity, for protection when he had to use a flash and risked being spotted by the gunmen.
THE start of the legal year in Britain is traditionally marked by a service at Westminster Abbey, to invoke the aid of the deity for the task ahead.
NEARLY seven decades after his death, Kemal Ataturk, the westernising founder of modern Turkey, remains a near-deity for millions of Turks.
The Hindu temples of central Java are conceived simply as shrines to contain icons of deities for worship.
Holst was not thinking of celestial orbs when he composed "The Planets" in 1914-16 but of the astrological deities for which they were named.
For these weeks only, watching these near-deities for whom every muscle has a purpose and every tweak of a body hair is a bid for greatness, we are allowed to make remarks we would never normally make.
"Rustling the Deities" for clarinet and piano by the Australian composer Nicholas Vines proved a riveting vehicle for Mr. Fingland's dazzling technique, while harnessing a certain ribald, wild energy that aptly conveyed images of satyrs reveling, rhyton in hand.
