state religion

English

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Noun

state religion (plural state religions)

1. A religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state.
   • 2021 July 16, Cometan, The Institutional Dictionary of Freedom of Religion or Belief‎^[1], Astral Publishing, →ISBN, retrieved 7 April 2026, page 167:

     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; […]

Translations

religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state

• Armenian: պետական կրոն (hy) (petakan kron)
• Azerbaijani: dövlət dini
• Belarusian: дзяржаўная рэлігія f (dzjaržawnaja relihija)
• Bengali: রাষ্ট্রধর্ম (raśṭrodhormo)
• Bulgarian: държавна религия f (dǎržavna religija)
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်ဘာသာ (nuingngamtaubhasa)
• Catalan: religió oficial f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國教 / 国教 (zh) (guójiào)

• Czech: státní náboženství n
• Danish: statsreligion c
• Dutch: staatsgodsdienst (nl) f
• Esperanto: religio de ŝtato
• Finnish: valtionuskonto
• French: religion d'État f
• Galician: relixión oficial f
• Georgian: სახელმწიფო რელიგია (saxelmc̣ipo religia)
• German: Staatsreligion (de) f, offizielle Religion f
• Greek: επίσημη θρησκεία f (epísimi thriskeía)
• Hebrew: דת ממלכתית
• Hindi: राज्य धर्म (rājya dharm)
• Hungarian: államvallás (hu)
• Icelandic: ríkistrúarbrögð n pl
• Indonesian: agama negara
• Italian: religione di Stato f
• Japanese: 国教 (ja) (こっきょう, kokkyō)
• Kazakh: мемлекеттік дін (memlekettık dın)
• Khmer: សាសនារដ្ឋ (saahniədthɑɑ)
• Korean: 국교(國敎) (ko) (gukgyo)
• Kyrgyz: мамлекеттик дин (mamlekettik din)
• Latvian: valsts reliģija f
• Macedonian: државна религија f (državna religija)
• Malay: agama negara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statsreligion m

  Nynorsk: statsreligion m

• Persian: دین رسمی
• Polish: religia państwowa f
• Portuguese: religião do Estado m
• Russian: государственная религия f (gosudarstvennaja religija)
• Serbo-Croatian: službena religija f, državna religija f
• Spanish: religión de estado f, religión oficial f
• Swahili: dini rasmi
• Swedish: statsreligion (sv) c
• Tagalog: pampamahalaang relihiyon
• Tajik: дини давлатӣ (din-i davlati)
• Thai: ศาสนาประจำชาติ
• Turkish: devlet dini
• Ukrainian: державна релігія f (deržavna relihija)
• Urdu: ریاستی مذہب
• Vietnamese: quốc giáo (vi) (國教)

See also

• caesaropapism
• established church
• state church
• theocracy