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ultramontane |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultramontane \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultramontane \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ultramontane adj 1: 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}] 2: on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn: {cisalpine}]
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