what does ultramontane mean?
ULTRAMONTANE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
Hypernyms(s) ultramontane is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
ULTRAMONTANE as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
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Usage Example(s)
- ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps
Similar To
- Meaning
- on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
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Usage Example(s)
- ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium
- Cracow was a transalpine university
Similar To
- Meaning
- of or relating to ultramonatism
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