ultramontanism
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ultramontanism
1820–30; < French ultramontanisme, equivalent to ultramontain ultramontane + -isme -ism
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We have spoken of the ultramontanism of the Spanish clergy.
From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous
He took no interest in progress, humanity, ultramontanism, and such other questions as vex the age, because to trouble himself about them would have interfered with his main purpose.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden
The confederacy of radicalism and ultramontanism, however, was broken by the irreconciliable enmity and violent conflict in daily life and in the chambers among clerical and liberal ministers.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
Now one wing, now the other won, but in the main the current flowed strongly towards ultramontanism.
From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Oscar Douglas Skelton
This philosophical essay, however, coupled with his uncompromising attitude towards both radicalism and ultramontanism, brought him many enemies, and rendered his continuance in the council, of which he had been elected president, impossible.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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