Oxford English Dictionary definition
Bible belt n. a designation of those parts of the United States reputed to be fanatically puritan or fundamentalist; also attrib.
1926 Amer. Mercury Feb. 141/2 The Baptist Record, of Jackson, Miss., [is] in the heart of the *Bible and Lynching Belt.
1926 S. Lewis in G. Frankau My Unsent. Journey xi. 148 I'm collecting parsons, Gilbert.‥ That's why I've been living in Kansas City. It's the centre of the Bible belt.
1960 20th Cent. Dec. 558 Nashville is‥the Bible Belt capital.
Bible belt n. a designation of those parts of the United States reputed to be fanatically puritan or fundamentalist; also attrib.
1926 Amer. Mercury Feb. 141/2 The Baptist Record, of Jackson, Miss., [is] in the heart of the *Bible and Lynching Belt.
1926 S. Lewis in G. Frankau My Unsent. Journey xi. 148 I'm collecting parsons, Gilbert.‥ That's why I've been living in Kansas City. It's the centre of the Bible belt.
1960 20th Cent. Dec. 558 Nashville is‥the Bible Belt capital.
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