Meanings
nounstate religion (plural state religions)
plural state religions
- A religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.
State religion (also established religion, official religion, state denomination) the religion or religious denomination that a confessional state officially espouses and promotes to its citizens or the instance of a country espousing such; […]
2021 July 16, Cometan, The Institutional Dictionary of Freedom of Religion or Belief, Astral Publishing, →ISBN, retrieved 07 Apr 2026, page 167
Translations
Bengali রাষ্ট্রধর্ম
- রাষ্ট্রধর্ম (raśṭrodhormo)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Bulgarian държавна религия
- държавна религия (dăržavna religija)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Catalan religió oficial
- religió oficialreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Chinese Mandarin 國教 /国教
- 國教 /国教 (guójiào)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Czech státní náboženství
- státní náboženstvíreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Danish statsreligion
- statsreligionreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Dutch staatsgodsdienst
- staatsgodsdienstreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Esperanto religio de ŝtato
- religio de ŝtatoreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Finnish valtionuskonto
- valtionuskontoreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
French religion d'État
- religion d'Étatreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
German Staatsreligion, offizielle Religion
- Staatsreligionreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
- offizielle Religionreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Greek επίσημη θρησκεία
- επίσημη θρησκεία (epísimi thriskeía)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Hebrew דת ממלכתית
- דת ממלכתיתreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Hindi राज्य धर्म
- राज्य धर्म (rājya dharm)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Hungarian államvallás
- államvallásreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Icelandic ríkistrúarbrögð
- ríkistrúarbrögðreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Indonesian agama negara
- agama negarareligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Italian religione di Stato
- religione di Statoreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Japanese 国教
- 国教 (kokkyō)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Korean 국교
- 국교 (gukgyo)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Latvian valsts reliģija
- valsts reliģijareligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Malay agama negara
- agama negarareligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Norwegian Bokmål statsreligion
- statsreligionreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Persian دین رسمی
- دین رسمیreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Polish religia państwowa
- religia państwowareligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Portuguese religião do Estado
- religião do Estadoreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Russian государственная религия
- государственная религия (gosudarstvennaja religija)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Spanish religión de estado, religión oficial
- religión de estadoreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
- religión oficialreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Swahili dini rasmi
- dini rasmireligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Swedish statsreligion
- statsreligionreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Tagalog pampamahalaang relihiyon
- pampamahalaang relihiyonreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Thai ศาสนาประจำชาติ
- ศาสนาประจำชาติreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Turkish devlet dini
- devlet dinireligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Ukrainian державна релігія
- державна релігія (deržavna relihija)religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Urdu ریاستی مذہب
- ریاستی مذہبreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Vietnamese quốc giáo
- quốc giáoreligious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
Cite this entry
APA
state religion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state%20religion
MLA
“state religion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state%20religion. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “state religion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state%20religion.
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