formerReligiousAffiliation

P111
predicate

Indicates that an entity previously adhered to a particular religion or religious denomination but no longer does so.

All labels observed (29)

Label Occurrences
historicalReligion 297
previousReligion 34
formerReligiousAffiliation canonical 26

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: formerReligiousAffiliation
Generated description
Indicates that an entity previously adhered to a particular religion or religious denomination but no longer does so.

Sample triples (481)

Subject Object
Lydia worshiper of God via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Anglicanism via predicate surface "previouslyFollowedReligion"
Pacific Lutheran University Church of Norway
surface form: Norwegian Lutheran Church
Kartlians Georgian paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Swedes Norse mythology via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Norse paganism
Slavs Slavic paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Nuristani people polytheism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Nuristani people animism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Nuristani people Indo-Iranian paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Turkmens Tengrism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Tengriism
Syracuse University Methodist Episcopal Church
Mingrelians Georgian paganism via predicate surface "traditionalReligionBeforeChristianity"
Eastern Arabia Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Eastern Arabia Judaism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Eastern Arabia Zoroastrianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Eastern Arabia indigenous Arabian polytheism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Sūrāyē Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
A. R. Rahman Hinduism via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion"
Sinhalese people Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Sinhalese people Hinduism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Mon Hinduism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Mon Mahayana via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
Muhammad Ali Christianity via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion"
Moravians Hussite movement via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Hussitism
Moravians Unity of the Brethren via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Moravian Church
Grote Kerk, The Hague Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "originalReligiousAffiliation"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Tikrit early Christian center in Late Antiquity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Julia Sweeney Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Persian Zoroastrianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Manhattanville College Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
淵田 美津雄 日本の伝統的宗教文化圏 via predicate surface "改宗前の宗教的背景"
Songhai people Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Songhai people indigenous beliefs via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Vladimir the Great Slavic mythology via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
surface form: Slavic paganism
Macalester College Presbyterian via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
Selkup animism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Christianization of the Franks Germanic paganism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Christianization of the Franks polytheism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Nassau Protestant Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Protestantism
Nassau Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Jacobin convent Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationBeforeRevolution"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Tripoli Cathedral (former) Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationOriginal"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Lithuanians Baltic paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Kashmiris Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Kashmiris Hinduism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Kashmiris Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
St. Lorenz Church Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "previousReligiousAffiliation"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
King Gustav I of Sweden
surface form: Gustav I of Sweden
Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Whittier College Quaker
Macedonians Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"