"more Catholic than the Pope" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|+}} more Catholic than the Pope (comparative form only)
  1. Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine. Tags: comparative-only Related terms: holier-than-thou, outpope the Pope Translations (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required): по́ католик от папата (pó katolik ot papata) (Bulgarian), papežštější než papež (Czech), roomser dan de paus (Dutch), paavillisempi kuin paavi itse (Finnish), plus catholique que le pape (French), რომის პაპზე უფრო დიდი კათოლიკე (romis ṗaṗze upro didi ḳatoliḳe) (Georgian), katholischer als der Papst (German), päpstlicher als der Papst (German), katolikusabb a pápánál (Hungarian), kaþólskari en páfinn (Icelandic), mer katolsk enn paven (Norwegian Bokmål), świętszy od papieża [masculine] (Polish), bardziej papieski od papieża [masculine] (Polish), a fi mai catolic decit Papa (Romanian), већи католик од папе (Serbo-Croatian), más papista que el papa (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-more_Catholic_than_the_Pope-en-adj-mQiMrAXc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required': 93 7
  2. (by extension) Adhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm. Tags: broadly, comparative-only
    Sense id: en-more_Catholic_than_the_Pope-en-adj-Zsw04z1K

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