ultramontane in English
noun
1
a person advocating supreme papal authority.
A second and related set of tensions divided Gallicans, who insisted on the independence of the national Church, and ultramontanes , who were more respectful of papal authority.
adjective
1
advocating supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline.
Any priest who thinks he can dictate the political choices of his parishioners is living an ultramontane fantasy.
2
situated on the other side of the Alps from the point of view of the speaker.
The sun fell blinding white on the snowfields, and the dancing breeze swept ice crystals down from ultramontane glaciers.
adjective
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1. To an old and faithful servant of the ultramontane papacy such as Ottaviani, it was all the most absolute madness.
2. Cisalpine - on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient Cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" ultramontane