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
Edict of Thessalonica Nicene Christianity via predicate surface "declaredOfficialReligion"
Edict of Thessalonica Nicene Christianity via predicate surface "declaredOfficialReligion"
surface form: Trinitarian Christianity
Offred Christian theocracy (Gilead) via predicate surface "religionOfState"
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 Islam via predicate surface "definedReligionOfState"
Empire of Brazil Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Kingdom of Kakheti Georgian Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Avars History of the Caucasus via predicate surface "mainReligionSince"
surface form: Islamization of the Caucasus
Kingdom of Armenia Christianity in early 4th century via predicate surface "stateReligionAdopted"
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran Islam via predicate surface "declaresOfficialReligion"
Bishopric of Gouda Catholicism
Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815) Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionRecognizedAsDominant"
Yogyakarta Sultanate Sunni Islam
Roman province of Germania Inferior
surface form: Germania Inferior
Roman state cult via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Santiago de Nueva Extremadura Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Bishopric of Goes Western Christianity via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
surface form: Latin Christianity
Captaincy General of Cuba Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church
Taiwan, Province of China none
Government of Saudi Arabia Islam
Constitution of Bahrain Islam via predicate surface "religionOfState"
Bishopric of Venlo Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Tetã Paraguái none (secular state)
Ilha do Zeca (Jardim Uchôa) no official religion via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat Anglicanism (broadly) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
surface form: Anglicanism
Sultanate of Perak Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Pasai Sultanate Sunni Islam
Kingdom of Cambodia (Sihanouk government) Theravada via predicate surface "stateReligion"
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953) Roman Catholicism as the religion of the Spanish state via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Constitution of Pakistan 1962 Islam via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Al Khurmah Islam via predicate surface "officialReligionCountry"
Edict establishing Protestantism in Béarn Calvinism via predicate surface "declaredOfficialReligion"
Edict establishing Protestantism in Béarn Reformed faith via predicate surface "declaredOfficialReligion"
Jambi Sultanate Islam via predicate surface "hadReligionAsStateIdeology"
Gajapati Kingdom of Odisha Jagannath-centric Vaishnavism via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Islam in Maldives Maldives via predicate surface "stateReligionOf"
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Islam via predicate surface "constitutionalReligion"
2004 Constitution of Afghanistan Islam via predicate surface "declaresReligion"
Bishopric of Viersen Christianity
Bishopric of Heinsberg Western Christianity via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
surface form: Latin Christianity
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Catholic via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionContext"
Bishopric of Geilenkirchen Christianity via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Albertine Statute Roman Catholicism as state religion via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Church of the Roman Empire Theodosius I via predicate surface "madeOfficialReligionBy"
Church of the Roman Empire 380 CE via predicate surface "madeOfficialReligionIn"
Nemanjić dynasty Serbian Orthodox Church via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Nasr City Islam (majority) via predicate surface "officialReligionContext"
Britannia Inferior Roman polytheism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Diocese of Roskilde Folkekirken via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionContext"
surface form: Folkekirken (People's Church of Denmark)
Siberian Governorate Russian Orthodox Church
Diocese of Helsingør Lutheranism via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Catholic via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionType"