About The Word Ultramontane
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Ultramontane
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What's The Definition Of Ultramontane?
[adj] on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
[adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ultramontane: cisalpine | cismontane | tramontane | transalpine | transmontane Related Terms | Find terms related to Ultramontane: See Also | Ultramontane In Webster's Dictionary \Ul`tra*mon"tane\, [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.
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.
\Ul`tra*mon"tane\, n. 1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner. 2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See {Ultramontanism}. |
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