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Meanings of confessional state in English

Portuguese
estado religioso
Spanish
estado confesional
Catalan
estat confessional

State which officially practices a particular religion.

estado religioso
Antonyms
Examples for "secular state"
Examples for "secular state"
1
Public prayer has no place in the institutions of a secular state.
The Irish Times
2
Turkey, an officially secular state, recognised Israel soon after its establishment in 1948.
Reuters
3
The attack forced the secular state to confront the presence of violent militants.
Reuters
4
Indonesia, a secular state, has the world's largest population of Muslims.
Reuters
5
Cameroon is a largely secular state where 70 percent are Christian.
Reuters
Usage of confessional state in English
1
With justification, many have blamed an intolerant confessional State dominated by a peculiarly puritanical strain of Catholicism for this system.
The Irish Times
Translations for confessional state