English Explanatory Dictionary

Bible Belt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An area where socially conservative Protestant Christianity is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture.
  2. An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture.
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  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bible Belt.

Word forms

Bible Belt the Bible Belt

Etymology

First used by American journalist H. L. Mencken, who wrote in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1924 that "the old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt."

Derived words

Bible Belter
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