officialReligion

P645
predicate

Indicates that a particular religion is formally recognized and designated as the official or state religion of an entity (such as a country or region).

All labels observed (98)

Label Occurrences
officialReligion canonical 101
hasOfficialReligion 95
stateReligion 52

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: officialReligion
Generated description
Indicates that a particular religion is formally recognized and designated as the official or state religion of an entity (such as a country or region).

Sample triples (525)

Subject Object
Monaco Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Hyderabad State Islam via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Oman Islam is state religion via predicate surface "nationalReligionStatus"
Gothic Christianity Visigothic Kingdom via predicate surface "stateReligionOf"
Gothic Christianity Ostrogothic Kingdom via predicate surface "stateReligionOf"
Gothic Christianity Vandal Kingdom via predicate surface "stateReligionOf"
Gothic Christianity Burgundian Kingdom (early phase) via predicate surface "stateReligionOf"
Kingdom of Georgia Georgian Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
surface form: Georgian Orthodox Christianity
revocation of the Edict of Nantes
surface form: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionFavored"
Flanders none (secular state) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
First Mexican Republic Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Captaincy General of Chile Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
Peace of Augsburg Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Peace of Augsburg Lutheranism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Ghana none
Faroe Islands Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Faroe Islands via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
King Abdullah Expansion Islamic holy sites management via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionContext"
Dammam Islam
Grand Duke of Tuscany Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
German Empire none (formally confessional pluralism) via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Castile Roman Catholicism
Maldives Islam via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Constitution of Bangladesh Islam (after Eighth Amendment) via predicate surface "declaresStateReligion"
Constitution of Pakistan 1956 Islam
Sde Boker, Negev, Israel
surface form: Sde Boker
Judaism via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionMajority"
Armenian Apostolic Church Tiridates III of Armenia via predicate surface "declaredStateReligionBy"
surface form: King Tiridates III of Armenia
Armenian Apostolic Church AD 301 via predicate surface "declaredStateReligionYear"
Constitution of Pakistan (1973) Islam via predicate surface "declaresStateReligion"
Tsardom of Russia Russian Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Government of Iran Islam
Spanish Constitution none
French Republic none via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Perak Islam
Negeri Sembilan Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Constitution of the Russian Federation no state or mandatory religion via predicate surface "declaresStateReligion"
Kedah Islam
Togo none
Kingdom of Hungary Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Johor Islam
Hail Region Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Burkina Faso none
Egyptian law Islam via predicate surface "constitutionalReligion"
Safavid Empire Twelver Shia via predicate surface "stateReligion"
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
Constitution of Apatzingán Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionDeclared"
Constitution of Apatzingán official and exclusive religion via predicate surface "religionStatus"
Aksumite Empire 4th century CE via predicate surface "stateReligionAdopted"
Labuan Islam
Mongol Ilkhanate Islam via predicate surface "officialReligionAfter1295"
Caribbean Netherlands none
Frederick III, Elector Palatine Calvinism in the Electoral Palatinate via predicate surface "madeOfficialReligion"