Ultramontane : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ultramontane	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Ultramontane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultramontane adj of or relating to ultramontanism 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" Synonym(s): transalpine, ultramontane on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" Synonym(s): cisalpine, ultramontane n a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultramontane \Ul`tramon"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 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}.