ultramontane
Americanadjective
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beyond the mountains.
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of or relating to the area south of the Alps, especially Italy.
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Roman Catholic Church.
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of, relating to, or advocating ultramontanism.
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of, relating to, or supporting the belief that the pope is the spiritual head of the Church in all countries.
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(formerly) north of the Alps; tramontane.
noun
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a person who lives beyond the mountains.
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a person living south of the Alps.
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Roman Catholic Church. a person who supports ultramontanism.
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(formerly) a person living to the north of the Alps.
adjective
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on the other side of the mountains, esp the Alps, from the speaker or writer Compare cismontane
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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
noun
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a resident or native from beyond the mountains, esp the Alps
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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
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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
His mud-throwing, however, was carried so far, that even the ultramontane Köln.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
Is it necessary to say that M. Lamennais protested, with all the powers of his great soul, against such odious maxims as these, stated in all their ultramontane candor?
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
During the agitation that arose in connexion with the summoning of the Vatican council Hohenlohe took up an attitude of strong opposition to the ultramontane position.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
He was what we vulgarly call an ultramontane—a reluctant ultramontane, like Lacordaire.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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