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ultramontane

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Promoting the supremacy of the Pope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ultramontanist, curialist, popist, Romist

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

From the other side of a mountain range, particularly the Alps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transmontane

Antonyms: cismontane

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone who holds to the supremacy of the Pope over the secular and ecclesiastical worlds

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to ultramontanism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cisalpine

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium
  • Cracow was a transalpine university

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transalpine

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Roman Catholic

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ultramontain, from Late Latin ultramontanus.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ultramontanistinen — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • French: ultramontain — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • German: ultramontan — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • Hungarian: ultramontán — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • Ido: ultramontana — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • Irish: ultramontánach — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • Italian: ultramontano — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • Spanish: ultramontano — respecting the supremacy of the Pope
  • Finnish: vuortentakainen — from the other side of the mountains
  • Irish: ultramontánach — someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope
  • Russian: ультрамонта́н (ulʹtramontán) — someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope