Bible Belt
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- noun
- /ˈbaɪbəl bɛlt/
- Literature
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Cinturón de la Biblia
- Building synagogues also contributed to acceptance and prestige in the Bible Belt, where church participation was expected.
And it's like, bitch, you were just born in the Bible Belt during, you know, peak Christianity.
- And it's like, bitch, you were just born in the Bible Belt during, you know, peak Christianity.
- So, you know, it tends to be in conservative areas where it where it gets banned mostly in the Bible Belt.
- South Carolina is a Bible Belt state, a bastion of conservatism and of a Southern tradition of protecting women.
Examples
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South Carolina is a Bible Belt state, a bastion of conservatism and of a Southern tradition of protecting women.
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My practice is located in the Bible Belt, and I have a fair number of "Creationist" clientele.
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Let me know when they launch the "Ride for Faith" campaign to cities in the Bible Belt, for instance.
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Our town's the best secret in the Bible belt.
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Yet the people, part of the 'American Bible Belt,' were deeply religious.
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I was on a college campus in the Bible Belt in the early seventies when this movement began.
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You're in the buckle of the Bible belt here.
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Even in the Bible Belt, the Metropolitan Community Church boasts a predominantly gay and lesbian congregation.
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Since this survey was conducted in Alabama, one of the states in the southern Bible Belt, religious values are an integral part of many people's lives.
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In the heart of the Bible Belt, the area is home to more churches than anything.
How Religious
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from combining 'Bible' (religious text, indicating Christianity) with the geographic sense of 'belt' (a band or region of land): together they denote a region characterized by strong Bible-based Christianity. The 'belt' metaphor for a distinct area (as in 'Rust Belt') is common and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely understand this MWE.
Etymology
Bible Belt may come from the image of a wide belt across parts of the United States where the Bible is especially common and important. So, Bible Belt now means an area where 'religion' strongly affects people's daily life.