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
Chile none ⓘ
Mexico none ⓘ
Belgium none (secular state) ⓘ
United Kingdom Church of England via predicate surface "stateChurch" ⓘ
United Kingdom Church of Scotland via predicate surface "stateChurchInScotland" ⓘ
Spanish Empire Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
Panama none ⓘ
Roman Empire Christianity as state religion under Theodosius I via predicate surface "officialReligionDeclared" ⓘ
El Salvador none ⓘ
Peru none ⓘ
Spain none ⓘ
Concordat of 1801 Catholicism recognized as the religion of the majority of French citizens via predicate surface "statedReligionStatus" ⓘ
Thailand Buddhism is recognized as the religion of the majority via predicate surface "nationalReligionStatus" ⓘ
Denmark Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark ⓘ
Russian Empire Eastern Orthodoxy via predicate surface "stateReligion" ⓘ
Liberia none ⓘ
Armenians 301 via predicate surface "adoptedChristianityAsStateReligion" ⓘ
Mexican Constitution of 1824 Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "recognizedReligion" ⓘ
Mexican Constitution of 1824 Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "declaredOfficialReligion" ⓘ
Jamaica none ⓘ
Sweden none ⓘ
Turks and Caicos Islands none ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate Islam ⓘ
Malta Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Kingdom of England Church of England via predicate surface "stateReligion" ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea none ⓘ
Cuba none (secular state) ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Islam via predicate surface "nationalReligion" ⓘ
Angola none ⓘ
Mauritania Islam is state religion via predicate surface "religionStatus" ⓘ
Armenia early 4th century via predicate surface "adoptedChristianityAsStateReligion" ⓘ
Mozambique none ⓘ
Qatar Islam via predicate surface "stateReligion" ⓘ
Majapahit Empire Shaivism via predicate surface "stateReligionForm" ⓘ
Majapahit Empire Buddhism (Mahayana) via predicate surface "stateReligionForm" ⓘ
linked to: Buddhism
Botswana none ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam Islam via predicate surface "stateReligion" ⓘ
Byzantine Empire Christianity as state religion via predicate surface "stateReligionAdopted" ⓘ
Byzantine Empire Theodosius I via predicate surface "stateReligionAdoptedBy" ⓘ
Papua New Guinea none ⓘ
Bhutan Vajrayana Buddhism via predicate surface "nationalReligion" ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana
Kenya none (secular state) ⓘ
Jordan Islam via predicate surface "nationalReligion" ⓘ
National Assembly at Epidaurus Eastern Orthodox Church via predicate surface "religionRecognized" ⓘ
Archbishopric of Lima Catholicism in Peru via predicate surface "hasOfficialReligionContext" ⓘ
Belize none ⓘ
Belgian monarchy none via predicate surface "constitutionalReligionRequirement" ⓘ
Nicaragua none (secular state) ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church Kingdom of Iberia via predicate surface "stateReligionOf" ⓘ
Cambodia Theravada Buddhism via predicate surface "nationalReligion" ⓘ
linked to: Theravada