Phrase guide

more Catholic than the Pope

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative-only

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adj

Meaning 2

Adhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, comparative-only

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: по́ католик от папата (pó katolik ot papata) — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Czech: papežštější než papež — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Dutch: roomser dan de paus — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Finnish: paavillisempi kuin paavi itse — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • French: être plus catholique que le pape — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • French: être plus royaliste que le roi — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Georgian: რომის პაპზე უფრო დიდი კათოლიკე (romis ṗaṗze upro didi ḳatoliḳe) — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • German: katholischer als der Papst — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • German: päpstlicher als der Papst — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Hungarian: katolikusabb a pápánál — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Icelandic: kaþólskari en páfinn — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mer katolsk enn paven — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Polish: świętszy od papieża — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Polish: bardziej papieski od papieża — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Romanian: a fi mai catolic decit Papa — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Serbo-Croatian: већи католик од папе — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • Spanish: más papista que el papa — adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required