state religion
state religion noun: a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.
Noun
state religion (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
state religion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
state religion in Hindi
- religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
- राज्य धर्म rājya dharm
state religion in Tamil
- நாட்டுச்சமயம்
state religion in Urdu
- religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
- ریاستی مذہب
state religion in Bengali
- religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state
- রাষ্ট্রধর্ম raśṭrodhormo
More languagesFewer languages
- state religion in Tagalog
- pampamahalaang relihiyon
- state religion in Malay
- agama negara
- state religion in Indonesian
- agama negara
- state religion in Persian
- دین رسمی
- state religion in Thai
- ศาสนาประจำชาติ
- state religion in Vietnamese
- quốc giáo
- state religion in Myanmar
- နိုင်ငံတော်ဘာသာ nuingngamtaubhasa
Forms of state religion
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Questions about state religion
- What does state religion mean?
- State religion means a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.
- What is state religion in Hindi?
- State religion in Hindi is राज्य धर्म (rājya dharm). See State religion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is state religion?
- State religion is a noun.
- What is the plural of state religion?
- The plural of state religion is state religions.
Words near state religion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: state religion (page history and authors); state religion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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