ultramontane

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ultramontane - 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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  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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ultramontane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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)