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- noun An area which socially conservative Christian
Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. - noun In the
U.S. a region in the Southern or southeastern part of the country where Southern Baptist Convention denomination is strong, noted for conservative and evangelical values.
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- noun southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
Etymologies
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Bible + belt in the sense of a strip of area on a map.
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