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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline);


ADJECTIVE (3)

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);
- Example: "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"
- Example: "Cracow was a transalpine university"
[syn: transalpine, ultramontane]

3. on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps;
- Example: "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
[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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism. [1913 Webster]
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)