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
Harvard University Congregationalism
Dutch Americans
linked to: Dutch American
Dutch Reformed Church via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Dutch Americans
linked to: Dutch American
Christian Reformed Church in North America via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Dutch Americans
linked to: Dutch American
Reformed Church in America via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Georgians Georgian paganism via predicate surface "traditionalReligionBeforeChristianity"
Omar Sharif Christianity via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion"
Norwegians Norse paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Salman Rushdie Islam via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Bengal Hinduism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Bengal Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Bengal Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Bengal Vaishnavism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Armenians Armenian paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Nubians ancient Nubian polytheism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Nubians Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Kartvelebi Georgian paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Berbers indigenous Berber religion via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Berbers Christianity via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Berbers Judaism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Sweden Lutheranism via predicate surface "formerStateReligion"
David Ricardo Judaism via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion"
Mitsuo Fuchida Shinto via predicate surface "formerReligion"
Chapter House, Westminster Abbey
linked to: Chapter House
Benedictine monastery via predicate surface "originalReligiousAffiliation"
Northern India
linked to: northern India
Vedic religion via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
linked to: Vedic period
Northern India
linked to: northern India
Buddhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Northern India
linked to: northern India
Jainism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Northern India
linked to: northern India
Sikhism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
West Slavs Slavic paganism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Boston University Methodist
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng Judaism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Lewis & Clark College Presbyterian (historical) via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
Adjarians Sunni Islam via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Peter III of Russia Lutheranism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Pomona College Congregational Church
linked to: Congregationalism
Justin Martyr paganism via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
Justin Martyr Platonism via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"
Princess Muna al-Hussein Christianity via predicate surface "convertedFromReligion"
Queen Noor of Jordan Christianity via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Occidental College Presbyterian (historical) via predicate surface "religiousAffiliationHistory"
linked to: Presbyterian
Union College Dutch Reformed Church
Persians Zoroastrianism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Persians Manichaeism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Persians Mithraism via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
North Brabant predominantly Catholic after the Reformation via predicate surface "historicalReligion"
Queen's University at Kingston Presbyterian
Bowdoin College Congregationalist
Middlebury College Congregational Church
linked to: Congregationalism
Jeb Bush Episcopal Church via predicate surface "previousReligion"
H. P. Lovecraft Protestantism via predicate surface "previousReligion"
Lydia God-fearer via predicate surface "religionBeforeConversion"