Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
holier-than-thou
Persian (Farsi) translation:
تقدس مآب
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English term
Iran
Translator/ Interpreter
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English
holier-than-thou
| 5 | تقدس مآب |
Zeynab Tajik
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| 5 +1 | کاتولیک‌تر از پاپ |
Ehsan Kiani
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| 5 | متشرع/متظاهر به دینداری |
Sina Salehi
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| 5 | خشک مقدس |
Marzieh Izadi
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| 4 | مقدس‌تر از تو |
Hamidreza Ghobadi Rad
|
| 3 | مذهبی نما |
Nasim Hoseini
|
Proposed translations
Spain
Building Trust by Excellence
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Spanish to Persian (Farsi), and 2 more.
تقدس مآب
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Note added at 13 mins (2019-03-10 08:08:25 GMT)
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Definition: People who are holier-than-thou think that they are morally better than anyone else.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/holier-t...
A synonym for this is "sanctimonious", which is translated as مقدس‌نما, مذهبی‌نما, زهدفروش and جانمازآبکش. However, I think مقدس‌مآب and تقدس‌مآب are better translations.
Quality, Experience, Knowledge do matter
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مقدس‌تر از تو
Germany
My two mottos, punctuality and precision
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متشرع/متظاهر به دینداری
متظاهر به شزع
متظاهر به دینداری
از ما بهتران
https://fastdic.com/word/holier-than-thou
Iran
Translator and interpreter
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English
مذهبی نما
Committed to the highest quality
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Dari, and 1 more.
خشک مقدس
16 Years of Translation and Copywriting
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, English, and 1 more.
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