ultramontane

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to ultramontanism (synset 303154595)
  2. On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps) (synset 300411745)
    "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university"
    similar to: tramontane, transmontane - on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
    same as: transalpine
  3. On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps (synset 300411345)
    "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
    similar to: cismontane - on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains
    same as: cisalpine
Noun
  1. A Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline) (synset 111376013)
    is a type of: roman catholic - a member of the Roman Catholic Church

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