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more Catholic than the Pope en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (comparative-only) Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.
  2. (broadly, comparative-only) Adhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm.
    • It has been asserted that Blair, far from seeking to slow Bush's rush to war, urged him to be tough, in an attempt to be 'more Catholic than the Pope'. 2008, Robert Harvey, The World Crisis: The Way Forward After Iraq, page 23:
    • Strict disciples of history as a science may scorn the intuitive process, but that attitude comes from being more Catholic than the Pope. 2011, Barbara W. Tuchman, Practicing History: Selected Essays, page 59:
    • The recently liberated European states east of the Oder-Neisse line, seeking not only entry into NATO but membership in the Union club as well, had to be more circumspect, more “European” so to speak, more Catholic than the pope 2005, Jan S. Prybyla, The American Way of Peace: An Interpretation:

Relateds

holier-than-thou · outpope the Pope

Translations (17)

bg по́ католи́к от па́пата (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · cs papežštější než papež (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · de päpstlicher als der Papst (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · sh већи католик од папе (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · ro a fi mai catolic decit Papa (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · pl bardziej papieski od papieża (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · fi paavillisempi kuin paavi itse (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · fr être plus royaliste que le roi (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · de katholischer als der Papst (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · ka რომის პაპზე უფრო დიდი კათოლიკე (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · fr être plus catholique que le pape (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · nb mer katolsk enn paven (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · es más papista que el papa (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · pl świętszy od papieża (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · is kaþólskari en páfinn (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · hu katolikusabb a pápánál (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) · nl roomser dan de paus (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required)