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
Kyrenaïkē
surface form: Kyrenaikē
ancient Greek religion via predicate surface "earlierDominantReligion"
Borghese Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Left-bank Ukraine Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Samogitia Baltic paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Great Synagogue of Oran Jewish community of Oran via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationOriginal"
Moro Sunni Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Forbes family Presbyterianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
National Pantheon of Venezuela Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationOriginal"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Pomeranians Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Pomeranians Protestantism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Pomeranians Paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Tabasarans pre-Islamic pagan beliefs via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
French Canadian
surface form: French Canadians
Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Pablo Christiani Judaism via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
Tigray-Tigrinya people Aksumite Empire via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: early Christian kingdom of Aksum
Nogais Tengrism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Tengriism
Idoumaia Edomite polytheism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Oxy
surface form: Occidental College
Presbyterian (historical) via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
Bnei Menashe Christianity among some subgroups via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Bnei Menashe local animist traditions among some ancestors via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Gao center of Islamic scholarship via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Dutch people Calvinism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Dutch people Dutch Reformed Church via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Dutch people Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Catholic Church
Persian culture Zoroastrianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Persian culture Manichaeism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Persian culture Mithraism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Friday indigenous animist beliefs (implied) via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Circassians Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Circassians indigenous pagan beliefs via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Noor al-Hussein Christianity via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Ashoka Hinduism via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
Bamyan Province Mahayana via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
Hotan Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Frisians Germanic paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Plymouth Christianity via predicate surface "primaryReligionBeforeEvacuation"
Furman University Baptist via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
Caldey Island Anglicanism (broadly) via predicate surface "formerlyReligiousTradition"
surface form: Anglicanism
Colgate University Baptist via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
Bobby Jindal Hinduism via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Everlast Islam via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Estonians Estonian paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Allegheny College Methodist
Kelabit animism via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Livonia Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Livonia Lutheranism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Zeyrek Mosque and its associated conservation area Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Arab paganism via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Amstelhof Dutch Reformed Church via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationOriginal"