Faith Militant
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The Faith Militant is a militant religious order in the world of Westeros, serving as the armed enforcement arm of the Faith of the Seven.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Faith Militant canonical | 15 |
| Faith Militant (political association) | 1 |
| rise of the Faith Militant | 1 |
| the Faith Militant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3284959 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Faith Militant Context triple: [Westeros, hasOrder, Faith Militant]
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A.
Faith of My Fathers
Faith of My Fathers is a memoir by U.S. Senator and former Navy pilot John McCain that recounts his family’s military legacy and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
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B.
The Nemesis of Faith
The Nemesis of Faith is a controversial 1849 novel by James Anthony Froude that explores religious doubt and Victorian crisis of faith, which led to its public condemnation and notoriety.
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C.
The Battle for God
The Battle for God is a non-fiction book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that examines the rise of fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the modern world.
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D.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
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E.
Triumph of Religion
Triumph of Religion is a mural panel by John Singer Sargent, created as part of his larger mural cycle for the Boston Public Library that explores religious themes and iconography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Faith Militant Target entity description: The Faith Militant is a militant religious order in the world of Westeros, serving as the armed enforcement arm of the Faith of the Seven.
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A.
Faith of My Fathers
Faith of My Fathers is a memoir by U.S. Senator and former Navy pilot John McCain that recounts his family’s military legacy and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
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B.
The Nemesis of Faith
The Nemesis of Faith is a controversial 1849 novel by James Anthony Froude that explores religious doubt and Victorian crisis of faith, which led to its public condemnation and notoriety.
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C.
The Battle for God
The Battle for God is a non-fiction book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that examines the rise of fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the modern world.
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D.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
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E.
Triumph of Religion
Triumph of Religion is a mural panel by John Singer Sargent, created as part of his larger mural cycle for the Boston Public Library that explores religious themes and iconography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed religious organization
ⓘ
militant religious order ⓘ |
| activity |
enforcement of religious law
ⓘ
military action in defense of the Faith ⓘ persecution of heretics ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Faith of the Seven
ⓘ
High Septon ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
City Watch of King’s Landing
ⓘ
surface form:
Crown authority in King’s Landing
House Lannister ⓘ House Tyrell ⓘ |
| disbandedBy | Targaryen kings ⓘ |
| enemies |
those accused of adultery
ⓘ
those accused of blasphemy ⓘ those accused of incest ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
A Song of Ice and Fire
ⓘ
Game of Thrones ⓘ |
| governanceType | religious hierarchy ⓘ |
| governingBody | Most Devout ⓘ |
| headquarters |
King's Landing
ⓘ
surface form:
King’s Landing
|
| historicalStatus |
later rearmed and restored
ⓘ
once disbanded by the Iron Throne ⓘ |
| ideology |
religious fundamentalism
ⓘ
theocracy ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Seven Kingdoms
ⓘ
surface form:
the Seven Kingdoms
|
| leaderTitle | High Septon ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
The Seven-Pointed Star
ⓘ
surface form:
the Seven-Pointed Star
|
| location |
Westeros (fictional continent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Westeros
|
| membershipRequirement |
devotion to the Faith of the Seven
ⓘ
willingness to fight for the Faith ⓘ |
| notableMemberGroup |
commoner zealots of the Poor Fellows
ⓘ
Warrior's Sons ⓘ
surface form:
knights of the Warrior’s Sons
|
| opposes |
heresy against the Faith of the Seven
ⓘ
perceived corruption in the nobility ⓘ sexual immorality as defined by the Faith ⓘ |
| powerBase |
authority of the High Septon
ⓘ
support of the smallfolk of King’s Landing ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
armed enforcement of the Faith of the Seven
ⓘ
defense of the Faith of the Seven ⓘ punishment of those deemed sinners by the Faith ⓘ |
| religion | Faith of the Seven ⓘ |
| restoredBy | Cersei Lannister ⓘ |
| socialRole | moral police of Westeros for the Faith of the Seven ⓘ |
| subOrganization |
Poor Fellows
ⓘ
Warrior's Sons ⓘ
surface form:
Warrior’s Sons
|
| symbolism | seven-pointed star ⓘ |
| weaponry | simple arms and armor marked with the seven-pointed star ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Faith Militant Description of subject: The Faith Militant is a militant religious order in the world of Westeros, serving as the armed enforcement arm of the Faith of the Seven.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Westeros
subject surface form:
Tommen Baratheon
this entity surface form:
rise of the Faith Militant
subject surface form:
Wildfire (TV adaptation)
subject surface form:
Wildfire (TV adaptation)
this entity surface form:
Faith Militant (political association)