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bible belt

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1. Bible Beltnoun

   southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant

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1. Bible Beltnoun

   An area in America in which Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture.

2. bible beltnoun

   An area which socially conservative Christian Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture.

3. bible beltnoun

   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.

4. Etymology: Bible + belt in the sense of a strip of area on a map.

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1. Bible Belt

   The Bible Belt is a region of the Southern United States in which socially conservative Protestant Christianity plays a strong role in society and politics, and church attendance across the denominations is generally higher than the nation's average. The region contrasts with the religiously diverse Midwest and Great Lakes, and the Mormon corridor in Utah and southern Idaho. Whereas the states with the highest percentage of residents identifying as non-religious are in the West and New England regions of the United States (with Vermont at 37%, ranking the highest), in the Bible Belt state of Alabama it is just 12%, and Tennessee has the highest proportion of evangelical Protestants, at 52%. The evangelical influence is strongest in northern Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, southern and western Virginia, West Virginia, the Upstate region of South Carolina, and East Texas. The earliest known usage of the term "Bible Belt" was by American journalist and social commentator H. L. Mencken, who in 1924 wrote in the Chicago Daily Tribune: "The old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt." In 1927, Mencken claimed the term as his invention. The term is now also used in other countries for regions with higher religious doctrine adoption.

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1. bible belt

   The Bible Belt refers to a region in the Southern and Midwestern United States which is known for its socially conservative evangelical Protestantism. This term indicates an area where religious beliefs, particularly Christianity, play a strong role in society, politics, and lifestyle. Characteristics of the Bible Belt include widespread church attendance, predominant belief in biblical literalism, and conservative political and social views rooted in religious interpretations.

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1. Bible Belt

   The Bible Belt is an informal term for a region in the south-eastern and south-central United States in which socially conservative evangelical Protestantism is a significant part of the culture and Christian church attendance across the denominations is generally higher than the nation's average. The Bible Belt consists of much of the Southern United States. During the colonial period, the South was a stronghold of the Anglican church. Its transition to a stronghold of non-Anglican Protestantism occurred gradually over the next century as a series of religious revival movements, many associated with the Baptist denomination, gained great popularity in the region. The region is usually contrasted with the mainline Protestantism and Catholicism of the northeastern United States, the religiously diverse Midwest and Great Lakes, the Mormon Corridor in Utah and southern Idaho, and the relatively secular western United States. Whereas the state with the highest percentage of residents identifying as non-religious is the New England state of Vermont at 34%, in the Bible Belt state of Alabama it is just 6%. Mississippi has the highest proportion of Baptists, at 55%. The earliest known usage of the term "Bible Belt" was by American journalist and social commentator H. L. Mencken, who in 1924 wrote in the Chicago Daily Tribune: "The old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt." Mencken claimed the term as his invention in 1927.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bible belt in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of bible belt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of bible belt in a Sentence

1. Steve Southerland:

   As the religious printing and publishing capital of America, Nashville is known as the ‘Buckle of the Bible Belt.’.

2. Celeste Beatty:

   Growing up in the South, particularly in the Bible Belt, alcohol and religion haven't exactly aligned, it's been difficult to break through the mindset that alcohol is a negative thing.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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