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First published 2021

Zion Curtainnoun

  1. 1.
    1951–
    The boundary or notional barrier between Israel, in relation to its status as a Jewish state, and the rest of the world. rare.
    1. 1951
      Behind the Zion curtain.
      Free Britain 27 May (heading)
    2. 1951
      To what extent the nation has suffered and continues to suffer and to what purpose can be seen only from behind the Zion Curtain.
      Free Britain 3 June
    3. 2007
      Behind the Zion Curtain.
      Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 13 December 15 (heading)
  2. 2.
    1969–
    A cultural boundary or barrier regarded as separating the state of Utah, viewed in relation to the high proportion of its population who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and the conservatism associated with that church, from the rest of the United States.
    1. 1969
      He can be financially attacked through banning of his books within the Zion Curtain. He can be cast out of his church.
      Carpenter: Refl. of Mormon Life vol. 1 No. 4. 32
    2. 1987
      He won't talk about his childhood. We live behind the Zion Curtain here.
      J. Conaway, Kingdom in Country (1993) iii. i. 152
    3. 2012
      Listening to church music at work. Because that's what we do here behind the Zion Curtain.
      @ihenpecked 12 June in twitter.com (accessed 20 Apr. 2018)

Zion Curtain, n. was first published in March 2021.

Zion Curtain, n. was last modified in July 2023.