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
Sint Maarten none via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Plan of Iguala Roman Catholicism as sole religion via predicate surface "religiousProvision"
Cádiz Constitution of 1812 Roman Catholicism as state religion via predicate surface "definedReligionAs"
Theodosius I Nicene Christianity via predicate surface "madeStateReligion"
Diocese of Tennessee Anglican Christianity via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Lateran Treaty Roman Catholicism as state religion of Italy via predicate surface "religionRecognized"
Constitution of 1827 (Troezen) Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Constitution of 1827 (Troezen) Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "definedStateReligion"
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Governor of Las Californias Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
West Florida Protestantism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Socialist Republic of Serbia secular state via predicate surface "religionStatus"
New Kingdom of Granada Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
Kingdom of Imereti Georgian Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Gestel none (secular state of the Netherlands)
Vladimir the Great Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus' via predicate surface "introducedReligionAsStateReligion"
Emirate of Afghanistan Islam via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Statuto Albertino Roman Catholicism as state religion via predicate surface "definedReligion"
Macedon ancient Greek religion
Sasanian Empire Zoroastrianism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Guatemala Captaincy General Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Grand Duke of Berg none (formally) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Polish People’s Republic none via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Anhalt-Zerbst Protestantism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Mubarak Al-Kabeer
surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate
Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Nguyễn dynasty Confucianism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Nguyễn dynasty Buddhism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Nguyễn dynasty Taoism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Serbian Empire Serbian Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Constitution of 1952 (Greece) Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "definedStateReligion"
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Constitutional Charter of 1826 Roman Catholicism as state religion via predicate surface "definedReligionStatus"
Estado Novo regime
surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)
Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Constitution of 1933 Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Constitution of 1844 (Greece) Eastern Orthodox Christianity via predicate surface "stateReligion"
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Constitution of 1844 (Greece) Greek Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Anglo-Saxon England Western Christianity
surface form: Latin Christianity
King of Kandy Buddhism via predicate surface "officialReligionOfRealm"
Ottoman culture Sunni Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Great Moravia Christianity
Aceh Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Estado Novo (Portugal) Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Outremer Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Constitution of Troezen of 1827 Eastern Orthodox Church as dominant religion via predicate surface "definesReligion"
Principality of Transylvania Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Principality of Transylvania Lutheranism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Principality of Transylvania Calvinism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Principality of Transylvania Unitarianism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
British colonial authorities in Quebec Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
British colonial authorities in Quebec Church of England via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Lord Protector Protestantism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Charter of 1814 Roman Catholicism as state religion via predicate surface "establishesReligionStatus"