Ultramontane Definition

ŭltrə-mŏntān, -mŏn-tān
adjective
Beyond the mountains, specif. the Alps.
Webster's New World
Supporting the authority of the papal court over national or diocesan authority.
American Heritage
Of the Roman Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy or the former Church party advocating it.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
A person living beyond the mountains, esp. south of the Alps.
Webster's New World
One who advocates support of papal policy in ecclesiastical and political matters.
American Heritage
An adherent of the ultramontane party.
Webster's New World

Someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope.

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Other Word Forms of Ultramontane

Noun

Singular:
ultramontane
Plural:
ultramontanes

Origin of Ultramontane

  • Medieval Latin ultrāmontānus Latin ultrā- ultra- Latin montānus of mountains (from mōns mont- mountain men-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Late Latin ultramontanus

    From Wiktionary

Ultramontane Sentence Examples

  • He was now generally recognized as the able and effective leader of the Ultramontane party among English Roman Catholics,.

  • The expression ultramontane was originally no more than a term of locality, characterizing the persons so described as living - or derived from - " beyond the mountains."

  • In 1833 he went to Paris, and started L'Univers religieux, which afterwards became Louis Veuillot's ultramontane organ.

  • There followed an expression of nationalist and particularistic as opposed to ultramontane and also to German feeling, which undoubtedly was of supreme importance for the whole of the subsequent career of Huss.

  • The earliest known document proceeding from the Waldensians is an account of a conference held at Bergamo in 1218 between the Ultramontane and the Lombard divisions, in which the Lombards showed a greater opposition to the recognized priesthood than did their northern brethren.2 As these opinions became more pronounced persecution became more severe, and the breach between the Waldenses and the church widened.

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