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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ultramontane \ul`tramon"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
see also:
ultra- mountain 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ultramontane \ul`tramon"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
see also:
ultramontanism 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ultramontane
     adj 1: of or relating to ultramonatism
     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
     3: on the italian or roman side of the alps; "ancient cisalpine
        gaul included an area south and east of the alps" syn: cisalpine
     n : a roman catholic who advocates ultramontanism supreme papal
         authority in matters of faith and discipline
see also:
transalpine cisalpine 

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