holier-than-thou

Etymology
From Isaiah 65:5 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou”; from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious.

Usage notes
The term has become a snowclone, a format now used of other qualities, for example lefter-than-thou: see Appendix:Snowclones/Xer than thou.

Translations

 * Asturian: santeru, musarañu, pamplineru
 * Esperanto: bigota
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian: pápább a pápánál, pápábbak a pápánál
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, благочестиво-лицемерный, ,
 * Spanish: santurrón, gazmoño