Ul`tra*mon"tane (?), [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra
beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons,
montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It.
ultramontano. See Ultra-, and Mountain.] Being
beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to
the one who speaks.
&fist; This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the
Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and
French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and
Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in
respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when
spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights
and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.
Ul`tra*mon"tane, n. 1.
One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a
foreigner.
2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the
pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.
Ul`tra*mon"tane (?), [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra
beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons,
montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It.
ultramontano. See Ultra-, and Mountain.] Being
beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to
the one who speaks.
&fist; This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the
Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and
French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and
Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in
respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when
spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights
and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.
Ul`tra*mon"tane, n. 1.
One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a
foreigner.
2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the
pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.
