English

Noun

Corinthian spirit ‎(plural Corinthian spirits)

1. An especially high standard of sportsmanship.
   • 2000, Adrian Smith; Dilwyn Porter, Amateurs and Professionals in Post-war British Sport, page 2:

     It would be an injustice, however, to regard Pegasus as simply a late flowering of the Corinthian spirit, a throwback to an era of elite amateurism