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
Balti people Tibetan Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Balti people Bon religion via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Diocese of Gardar Christianity in Greenland via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore Anglicanism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Šokci Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
House of Abercorn Presbyterianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
House of Abercorn Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Belarus region Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Belarus region Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
MacMahon Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Württemberg Protestantism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Württemberg Lutheranism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Württemberg Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
St. Peter’s Church (Petrikirche) Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "originalReligiousDenomination"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Sille Greek Orthodox Church via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Greek Orthodoxy
Sille Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece Lutheranism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Sam Brownback Evangelicalism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
surface form: Evangelical Protestantism
French Hainaut Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Cham Shaivism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Shaivite Hinduism
Cham Mahayana via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
Catholic Diocese of Turku Latin Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Collegiate Church of St. Servatius Imperial abbey via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
Palembang people Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Palembang people Hinduism via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Beng Mealea Hinduism via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationOriginal" NERFINISHED
Vladimir Sviatoslavich Slavic paganism via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
Kanembu people African traditional religions via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Protestant Reformation in Sweden Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Diana Vaughan Satanism (in narrative) via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Sulu Islamic sultanate culture via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Tau Sug Islam since 15th century via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Autumn Kelly Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion"
Gaius Baltar atheism via predicate surface "formerlyBelievedIn"
Grote of Sint-Bavokerk Catholicism
Bute family Presbyterianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Bute family Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Avar people Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Avar people indigenous Caucasian beliefs via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Hereti Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Cio-Cio San Japanese traditional religion via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Isaaq Sultanate Sunni Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion" NERFINISHED
Gutar (Gotlanders)
surface form: Gutar
Norse paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Geelong College Presbyterian Church of Australia via predicate surface "previousReligiousAffiliation" NERFINISHED
Clan MacDonald of Sleat Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Clan MacDonald of Sleat Presbyterianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Henry III of Navarre Calvinism via predicate surface "formerlyFollowedReligion"
San Servolo Catholic monastic community via predicate surface "hasReligiousPast"
Paul Christian Judaism via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion" NERFINISHED
Pau Cristià Judaism via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion" NERFINISHED