ultramontane
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Definitions
Adjective
of or relating to ultramontanism
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
Noun
a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)