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Ultramontane

adjective
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).  Synonym: transalpine.  "Cracow was a transalpine university"
3.
On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps.  Synonym: cisalpine.





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"Ultramontane" Quotes from Famous Books



... projects of the new ministry was to free the public schools, as far as possible, from the influence of the clergy. These and other liberal movements aroused the whole force of the Ultramontane party, and a terrible strife ensued, resulting in Hohenlohe's resignation, which the king was unwillingly obliged to accept. Hohenlohe was succeeded by Count Bray, a man devoted to feudalism and ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873. • Various


Words linked to "Ultramontane" :   cisalpine, cismontane, transmontane, ultramontanism, Roman Catholic, tramontane, transalpine


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