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Ultramontane

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Promoting the supremacy of the Pope.

    "'Tis no wonder that a Council which had declar'd itſelf ſuperior to the Popes, which had undertaken to try, and even to depoſe them, and had given ſuch great Blows to the Privileges, and to the Authority of the Cardinals, was not relith'd by the Court of Rome, nor approv'd of by the Popes or tlieir Divines, nor by the Ultramontane Canonists."

  2. 2
    From the other side of a mountain range, particularly the Alps.

    "He was slenderly provided with means for his ultramontane journey; and he resolved to save all he could in Italy, that he might not be restricted when among foreigners."

Adjective
  1. 1
    on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps wordnet
  2. 2
    on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps) wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to ultramontanism wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who holds to the supremacy of the Pope over the secular and ecclesiastical worlds
  2. 2
    a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French ultramontain, from Late Latin ultramontanus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French ultramontain, from Late Latin ultramontanus.

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