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
Boussif Ouled Askeur Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion" NERFINISHED
Pontificium Consilium de Nova Evangelizatione Promovenda Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "officialReligionContext"
Sultanate of Tidore Sunni Islam via predicate surface "religionOfState" NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Kongo Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "officialReligionUnderAfonsoI"
Phitsanulok province Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED
Bulgarian Empire Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Alpuri Tehsil Islam (de facto majority religion) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion" NERFINISHED
Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
1964 Constitution of Afghanistan Islam via predicate surface "religionDeclared" NERFINISHED
1964 Constitution of Afghanistan state religion via predicate surface "religionStatus"
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah Sunni Islam via predicate surface "religionOfState" NERFINISHED
Italian liberal state (1861–1922) predominantly Roman Catholic population via predicate surface "religionStatus"
Valeria Roman paganism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
England, United Kingdom
surface form: England
Church of England via predicate surface "stateChurch" NERFINISHED
Middle Assyrian Empire cult of the god Ashur via predicate surface "stateReligion"
Δεσπότης Ηπείρου Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία via predicate surface "θρησκείαΚράτους"
Aradan Islam (national context) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Agarfa woreda secular state (Ethiopia) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionPolicy"
Second Britain Roman paganism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Second Britain later Christianity via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Constitution of 1857 of Mexico freedom of religion (implicitly, through secularism and later Reform Laws) via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Granadine Confederation Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "religionOfficial"
Malé Atoll Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Buoi Thi Xuan Ward none (secular state)
Shengzu
surface form: Qing dynasty
Confucianism via predicate surface "stateReligion" NERFINISHED
Wasit Islam via predicate surface "religionInOfficialUse" NERFINISHED
Mossynoeci religious practices poorly attested via predicate surface "religionStatus"
Jaintia Kingdom Hinduism NERFINISHED
early Piast realm Christianity NERFINISHED
Vaavu Atoll Islam NERFINISHED
Oriens prefecture Christianity via predicate surface "religionOfficial" NERFINISHED
Stalle none (secular state) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Vallegrande Municipality none (secular state of Bolivia) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Bermudian Christianity NERFINISHED
Fayed Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionMajority" NERFINISHED
Captaincy of Paraíba Catholic Church NERFINISHED
Ständestaat Roman Catholicism
Ständestaat (corporate state)
surface form: Ständestaat
Roman Catholicism
Al Ḥudūd ash Shamāliyah Islam NERFINISHED
Ismail ibn Haydar Twelver Shi'ism via predicate surface "madeStateReligion" NERFINISHED
Ismail ibn Haydar Iran via predicate surface "madeStateReligionOf" NERFINISHED
Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s government Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion"
Archdiocese of Yucatán Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion"
Imzouren Islam NERFINISHED
Ahvaz County Islam (national context) via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionContext"
City of Afif Islam via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion" NERFINISHED
French Zone of Morocco Islam via predicate surface "religionOfficiallyRecognized" NERFINISHED
French Zone of Morocco Judaism via predicate surface "religionOfficiallyRecognized"
Captaincy General of the Canary Islands Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligion" NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of the Indies Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED