ULTRAMONTANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultramontane mean? 

• ULTRAMONTANE (noun)
  The noun ULTRAMONTANE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ULTRAMONTANE used as a noun is very rare.

• ULTRAMONTANE (adjective)
  The adjective ULTRAMONTANE has 3 senses:

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)

3. on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

  Familiarity information: ULTRAMONTANE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRAMONTANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ultramontane" is a kind of...):

Roman Catholic (a member of the Roman Catholic Church)

• ULTRAMONTANE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to ultramontanism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

ultramontanism ((Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope)

Sense 2

Meaning:

On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

Synonyms:

transalpine; ultramontane

Context example:

Cracow was a transalpine university

Similar:

tramontane; transmontane (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker))

Sense 3

Meaning:

On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

Synonyms:

cisalpine; ultramontane

Context example:

ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps

Similar:

cismontane (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains)