cisalpine

American  

[sis-al-pahyn, -pin] / sɪsˈæl paɪn, -pɪn /

adjective

1. on this (the Roman or south) side of the Alps.

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cisalpine British  

/ sɪsˈælpaɪn /

adjective

1. on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome

2. relating to a movement in the Roman Catholic Church to minimize the authority of the pope and to emphasize the independence of branches of the Church Compare ultramontane

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Etymology

Origin of cisalpine

1535–45; < Latin Cisalpīnus, equivalent to cis- cis- + Alpīnus Alpine ( def. )

Example Sentences

It was an attitude of mind, not a body of doctrine; its nearest parallel is probably to be found in the eclectic strivings of the Renaissance philosophy and the modernizing tendencies of cisalpine humanism.

From Project Gutenberg

Mago, in cisalpine Gaul, was too far off to render aid.

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Those raw colours he preferred; Spanish, Oriental, African, perhaps, irritant certainly to cisalpine eyes, he undoubtedly attained the colouring you associate with sun-stroke, only possible under a sun in which dead things rot quickly.

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