Ultramontane

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ultramontane \Ul`tra*mon"tane\, a. [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra
     beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis,
     mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See
     {Ultra-}, and {Mountain}.]
     Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the
     Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.


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     Note: This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously,
           by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps,
           especially the Germans and French, their painters,
           jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans
           applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly
           used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane
           doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the
           extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy
           maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ultramontane \Ul`tra*mon"tane\, n.
     1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond
        the Alps; a foreigner.
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     2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's
        supremacy. See {Ultramontanism}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ultramontane
       adj 1: of or relating to ultramonatism
       2: on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples
          beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps);
          "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the
          Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was
          a transalpine university" [syn: {transalpine}]
       3: on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine
          Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn: {cisalpine}]
       n : a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal
           authority in matters of faith and discipline)