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swim the Thames

swim the Thames verb: to convert to Anglicanism.

Verb

swim the Thames (third-person singular simple present swims the Thames, present participle swimming the Thames, simple past swam the Thames, past participle swum the Thames)

  1. (intransitive) To convert to Anglicanism.
    • […] Philip Jenkins, himself an ex-Catholic who swam the Thames, speculates that the rates of decline in his adopted Church are so steep that the last American Episcopalian may have been born.2019 March 11, Filip Mazurczak, “A Unique Credo and Affirmation of Faith by a Distinctive Mind”, in The Catholic World Report, Ignatius Press, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swim, the, Thames.

swim the Thames meaning in Bengali

swim the Thames in Bengali

অ্যাংলিকানবাদে ধর্মান্তরিত হওয়া

Forms of swim the Thames

third-person singular presentswims the Thames
present participleswimming the Thames
pastswam the Thames
past participleswum the Thames
alternative formcross the Thames

Origin of swim the Thames

Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber.

Questions about swim the Thames

What does swim the Thames mean?
Swim the Thames means to convert to Anglicanism.
What is swim the Thames in Bengali?
Swim the Thames in Bengali is অ্যাংলিকানবাদে ধর্মান্তরিত হওয়া. See Swim the Thames meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is swim the Thames?
Swim the Thames is a verb.
What is the past tense of swim the Thames?
The past tense of swim the Thames is swam the Thames.

Words near swim the Thames in the dictionary

  1. swim platform
  2. swim platforms
  3. swim ring
  4. swim rings
  5. swim shorts
  6. swim the Thames
  7. swim the Tiber
  8. swim trunks
  9. swim upstream
  10. swim with sharks
  11. swim-bladder

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