[syn: cisalpine, ultramontane]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ultramontane
adj 1: of or relating to ultramontanism
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, ultramontane]
3: on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine
Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn:
cisalpine, ultramontane]
n 1: a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme
papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)