bible belt

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   southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant

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Questions about bible belt

What does bible belt mean?

bible belt means "southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant".

Is bible belt a common word?

bible belt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.