'Ultramontane' definitions:
Definition of 'ultramontane'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to ultramontanism
adjective
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]
adjective
On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn: cisalpine, ultramontane]
noun
A Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
Definition of 'Ultramontane'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Ultramontane'
From: GCIDE
- 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]