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Meanings of official state religion in English

Russian
официальная религия
Portuguese
religião oficial
Catalan
religió estatal
Spanish
estado confesional
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Religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.

официальная религия
Synonyms
Examples for "state religion"
Examples for "state religion"
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The Persian state religion was Zoroastrianism and wherever it spread, Christianity was persecuted.
Templars: history and myth: from solomon's temple to the freemas...
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Twelver Islam is the predominant branch of Shia Islam and Iran's state religion.
The ayatollah begs to differ
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The policy of Rome pagan was to dictate the state religion.
Notes on the Apocalypse
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Presbyterianism became a more intolerant state religion than Anglicanism had been.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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Nations with an exclusive state religion, like Spain, are not much better off.
Recollections of My Youth
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A sovereign attached to the established religion might sit on the throne.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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This approach is even endorsed, implicitly if not explicitly, by established religion.
The Prosperity of Humankind
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At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.
Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics
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The doctrines and rites of the established religion they treated with decent reverence.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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There was a change for the better when Christianity became the established religion.
The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 / A Typographic Art Jo...
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RELIGION: The official religion is Islam, and Libyan Muslims are mainly Sunni.
Reuters
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Having said that, bear in mind that Islam is the official religion.
Independent.ie
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Changing the official religion didn't change the superstitions of the country people.
Surrender to the will of the night
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The priests systematized existing folk beliefs and established an official religion.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
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There was, however, no necessary conflict between this worship and the official religion.
Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
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There is nothing that so powerfully influences literature as the national religion.
The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
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Marvell then passes on to the national religion and the heterogeneity of Amsterdam:-
A Wanderer in Holland
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The faith of Christ became the national religion of the empire.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
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This King was attempting to destroy in Palestine the national religion.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Ris...
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Sintooism may be regarded as the national religion of the country.
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs
Usage of official state religion in English
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The constitution protects the right to practice any religion but doesn't rule out the establishment of an official state religion.
Radio NZ
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At some point in the last decade, however, a decree went out that rugby was to become the new official State religion.
The Irish Times