ultramontane

American  

[uhl-truh-mon-teyn, -mon-teyn] / ˌʌl trə mɒnˈteɪn, -ˈmɒn teɪn /

adjective

1. beyond the mountains.

2. of or relating to the area south of the Alps, especially Italy.

3. Roman Catholic Church.

   1. of, relating to, or advocating ultramontanism.

   2. of, relating to, or supporting the belief that the pope is the spiritual head of the Church in all countries.

4. (formerly) north of the Alps; tramontane.

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noun

1. a person who lives beyond the mountains.

2. a person living south of the Alps.

3. Roman Catholic Church. a person who supports ultramontanism.

4. (formerly) a person living to the north of the Alps.

ultramontane British  

/ ˌʌltrəmɒnˈteɪn /

adjective

1. on the other side of the mountains, esp the Alps, from the speaker or writer Compare cismontane

2. of or relating to a movement in the Roman Catholic Church which favours the centralized authority and influence of the pope as opposed to local independence Compare cisalpine

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noun

1. a resident or native from beyond the mountains, esp the Alps

2. a member of the ultramontane party of the Roman Catholic Church

Etymology

Origin of ultramontane

1585–95; < Medieval Latin ultrāmontānus, equivalent to Latin ultrā ultra- + montānus montane

Example Sentences

Curiously, the agrarians, ur-Americans of Southern Protestant extraction, were influenced by the leading figure of the French Counter-Enlightenment, the arch-reactionary ultramontane Catholic Joseph de Maistre.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

The ultramontane jurists and theologians have long maintained that he can compel States as well as individuals to pay in to him such sums as are required for Church purposes.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

In the conflicts of the German government, in 1872, against the intolerable assumptions, claims and popular tumults of the ultramontane clergy, the department of public worship, led by Lutz, inclined to take an energetic part.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

The ultramontane speakers, Pie, Patrizzi and Deschamps, have vied with one another in their endeavours to get this extreme view of Manning's accepted, which they themselves did not all share before.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

It was then proposed by the partisans of the king of France, that one party in the conclave should name three ultramontane prelates, from among whom the other party should select one.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas