more Catholic than the Pope

adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectivemore Catholic than the Pope (comparative form only)
  1. comparative onlyAdhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.
  2. broadlycomparative onlyAdhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm.

    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
    2 more examples

    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

    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

Translations

Bulgarian по́ католи́к от па́пата
  • по́ католи́к от па́пата (pó katolík ot pápata)adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Czech papežštější než papež
  • papežštější než papežadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Dutch roomser dan de paus
  • roomser dan de pausadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Finnish paavillisempi kuin paavi itse
  • paavillisempi kuin paavi itseadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
French être plus catholique que le pape, être plus royaliste que le roi
  • être plus catholique que le papeadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • être plus royaliste que le roiadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
German katholischer als der Papst, päpstlicher als der Papst
  • katholischer als der Papstadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • päpstlicher als der Papstadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Hungarian katolikusabb a pápánál
  • katolikusabb a pápánáladhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Icelandic kaþólskari en páfinn
  • kaþólskari en páfinnadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Norwegian Bokmål mer katolsk enn paven
  • mer katolsk enn pavenadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Polish świętszy od papieża, bardziej papieski od papieża
  • świętszy od papieżaadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
  • bardziej papieski od papieżaadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Romanian a fi mai catolic decit Papa
  • a fi mai catolic decit Papaadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
Spanish más papista que el papa
  • más papista que el papaadhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required
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