state religion

noun

the official religion of a state as established by law.

Origin of state religion

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby state religion

state of war, state police, state prayers, state prison, state registered nurse, state religion, state rights, state school, state services, state services commission, state socialism

Example sentences from the Web for state religion

  • A religion violently imposed from without as a state-religion naturally tends to hypocrisy and externalism.

    The Expositor's Bible |F. W. Farrar

  • 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