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Meaning of muscular Christianity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A movement of Victorian origin stressing the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of vigorous masculinity.

uncountable

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Examples

“Yet even though the attempt was made to transform the church and Sunday school along these lines, the ideals of muscular Christianity were perhaps most efficiently diffused through a proliferation of Christian youth organizations for boys.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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