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adj
On this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: transalpine, transmontane, tramontane
Broader terms: cismontane
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cisalpine (“of or pertaining to Gallicanism, the doctrine that the church of France is autonomous, especially in relation to the pope; or cisalpinism, a movement in 18th–19th century Britain among Roman Catholics which took the view that allegiance to the Crown was compatible with allegiance to the pope”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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Synonyms: cismontane
Antonyms: ultramontane
adj
Synonym of Gallican (“of or pertaining to Gallicanism (“the doctrine that the church of France is autonomous, especially in relation to the pope”)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Gallican
Antonyms: ultramontane
adj
Of or pertaining to cisalpinism (“a movement in 18th–19th century Britain among Roman Catholics which took the view that allegiance to the Crown was compatible with allegiance to the pope, and that Roman Catholics should be emancipated from various legal restrictions”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical, not-comparable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ultramontane
adj
Alternative letter-case form of cisalpine (“on this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, historical, not-comparable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: transalpine
noun
Synonym of Gallican (“an adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Gallican
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In 18th–19th century Britain, a Roman Catholic opponent of ultramontanism and advocate of Catholic emancipation through compromise and obedience to secular authorities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ultramontane
Antonyms: none provided
History
PIE word *ḱís Learned borrowing from Latin cisalpīnus (“cisalpine”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Cisalpīnus is derived from cis (“on or to this or the near side of”) + Alpīnus (“of or pertaining to the Alps, alpine”) (from Alpēs (“Alps”) (ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h2el- (“to grow; to nourish”), Celtic, or a pre-Roman Alpine substrate) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’)). The English word is analysable as cis- + Alpine.
The adjective is derived from cisalpine (“on this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located)”). Adjective sense 2 (“of or pertaining to cisalpinism”) was popularized by the Cisalpine Club which was founded in England in 1792. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
