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muscular Christianity
(mus¦cu|lar Chris|tian¦ity)
noun
[
mass noun
]
a Christian life of brave and cheerful physical activity, especially as popularly associated with the writings of Charles Kingsley and with boys' public schools of the Victorian British Empire.
Derivatives
muscular Christian
noun
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