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Bible belt
noun- rural America, especially in the south, where fundamentalist Christians dominate the culture US, 1924
- Coming under the influence of the green-covered American Mercury, he looked back on home as the uncivilized “Bible belt.” — James T. Farrell, Ruth and Bertram, p. 91, 1955
- Pity Terpsichore in the Bible Belt. — Angelo d’Arcangelo, The Homosexual Handbook, p. 155, 1968
- Gay Liberation Comes To Missouri Bible belt! [Headline] — The Advocate, p. 7, March 31–April 13 1971
- Gonna let it rock / Let it roll / Let the Bible Belt come down / And save my soul. — John Cougar Mellencamp, Jack and Diane, 1982
- — Multicultural Management Program Fellows, Dictionary of Cautionary Words and Phrases, 1989
- the political interests and constituency of the (Christian) religious right UK
- Author angers the Bible Belt[:] Philip Pullman’s humanist tales of good and evil are a far cry from CS Lewis and A A Milne. But to the horror of the religious Right, they are a runaway hit. — The Observer, 26 August 2001
- any area with a fundamentalist Christian majority UK
- Church attendance is high in Ballymena, the buckle on Ian Paisley’s North Antrim Bible belt constituency. — The Guardian, 17 February 2001
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