more Catholic than the Pope

Adjective

 * 1) Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.
 * 2)  Adhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm.

Usage notes

 * Usually used in a negative sense of someone who is excessively pious or rule-oriented.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: по́ католик от папата
 * Czech: papežštější než papež
 * Dutch: roomser dan de paus
 * Finnish: paavillisempi kuin paavi itse
 * French:
 * Georgian: რომის პაპზე უფრო დიდი კათოლიკე
 * German: katholischer als der Papst, päpstlicher als der Papst
 * Hungarian: katolikusabb a pápánál
 * Icelandic: kaþólskari en páfinn
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: świętszy od papieża, bardziej papieski od papieża
 * Romanian: a fi mai catolic decit Papa
 * Serbo-Croatian: већи католик од папе
 * Spanish: más papista que el papa