state religion

noun

1. the official religion of a state as established by law.

Word History and Origins

Origin of state religion¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

You read that correctly: 34% in favor of establishing Christianity as the state religion.

From The Daily Beast

And these critics fully accept the notion of an Arab state of Palestine with Islam as the state religion.

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The incident ultimately helped affirm the notion that no official state religion exists—for good reasons.

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The Constitution bars the federal government only from establishing an official state religion.

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The religion of the Romans differed in some respects from that of the Greeks, inasmuch as it was emphatically a state religion.

From Project Gutenberg

The real turning-point had been reached earlier, when Christianity became the state religion under Constantine I. in 312.

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There is no state religion, no temptation whatever to pretend to be a Christian if you are not.

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Through Constantine it became the state religion of the Roman Empire.

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The doctrine of a state-religion was not clearly defined or vigorously upheld.

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