ultramontane
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ultramontane
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Borrowed from Middle French ultramontain, from Late Latin ultramontanus.
adjective more ultramontane · most ultramontane
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Promoting the supremacy of the Pope.
'Tis no wonder that a Council which had declar'd itſelf ſuperior to the Popes, which had undertaken to try, and even to depoſe them, and had given ſuch great Blows to the Privileges, and to the Authority of the Cardinals, was not relith'd by the Court of Rome, nor approv'd of by the Popes or tlieir
Similar: ultramontanist, curialist, popist, Romist
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From the other side of a mountain range, particularly the Alps.
He was slenderly provided with means for his ultramontane journey; and he resolved to save all he could in Italy, that he might not be restricted when among foreigners.
Similar: transmontane · Opposite: cismontane
noun ultramontanes
- Someone who holds to the supremacy of the Pope over the secular and ecclesiastical worlds
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adj respecting the supremacy of the Pope
| Español | ultramontano |
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| Français | ultramontain |
| Deutsch | ultramontan |
| Italiano | ultramontano |
noun someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope
| Русский | ультрамонта́н ulʹtramontán |
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