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state religion

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noun

the official religion of a state as established by law.

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Origin of state religion

First recorded in 1820–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for state religion

Historical Examples of state religion

The doctrine of a state-religion was not clearly defined or vigorously upheld.
The Apostles
Ernest Renan
The light persiflage with which the philosophy of the Augustan age treated the state-religion nearly disappears.
Magic and Witchcraft
Anonymous
A religion violently imposed from without as a state-religion naturally tends to hypocrisy and externalism.
The Expositor's Bible
F. W. Farrar