more Catholic than the Pope

English

Adjective

more Catholic than the Pope (comparative form only)

1. Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.
2. (by extension) Adhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm.

Usage notes

• Usually used in a negative sense of someone who is excessively pious or rule-oriented.

Translations

adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required

• Bulgarian: по̀ католик от папата (pò katolik ot papata)
• Czech: papežštější než papež
• Dutch: roomser dan de paus
• Finnish: paavillisempi kuin paavi itse
• French: plus catholique que le pape (fr)
• German: katholischer als der Papst, päpstlicher als der Papst (de)
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• Hungarian: katolikusabb a pápánál
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mer katolsk enn paven (no)

• Polish: świętszy od papieża m, bardziej papieski od papieża m
• Romanian: a fi mai catolic decit Papa
• Spanish: más papista que el papa (es)

See also

• outpope the Pope