Ultramontane

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  • adjective. Of or relating to peoples or regions lying beyond the mountains, especially the Alps.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Supporting the authority of the papal court over national or diocesan authority.
  • adjective. Relating to or supporting the doctrine of papal supremacy.
  • noun. One who lives beyond the mountains, especially south of the Alps.
  • noun. One who advocates support of papal policy in ecclesiastical and political matters.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being or lying beyond the mountains; tramontane: opposed to cismontane.
  • noun. One who resides beyond the mountains; a foreigner.
  • noun. One who resides south of the Alps, or who identifies himself with the Italian party in the Roman Catholic Church, and maintains the doctrine of absolute papal supremacy. See ultramontanism.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.
  • noun. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.
  • noun. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. respecting the supremacy of the Pope.
  • adjective. From the other side of a mountain range, particularly the Alps.
  • noun. Someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or relating to ultramontanism
  • adjective. on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
  • noun. a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
  • adjective. on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
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