ultramontane

  • (a) of or relating to ultramontanism
  • (s) 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
    transalpine,
  • (s) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
    • ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps
    cisalpine,

Nouns

  • (n) a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)

Synonyms

transalpine cisalpine

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