ultramontane
ultramontane adjective: promoting the supremacy of the Pope.
Adjective
ultramontane (comparative more ultramontane, superlative most ultramontane)
- Promoting the supremacy of the Pope.
- 'Tis no wonder that a Council which had declar'd itſelf ſuperior to the Popes, which had undertaken to try, and even to depoſe them, and had given ſuch great Blows to the Privileges, and to the Authority of the Cardinals, was not relith'd by the Court of Rome, nor approv'd of by the Popes or tlieir...1730, [1728], Jacques L'enfant, translated by Stephen Whatley, The History of the Council of Constance, volume 1, page ix
- It was by becoming a Catholic that I pacified the Vendee, and a Mussulman that I established myself in Egypt; it was by becoming ultramontane that I won over public opinion in Italy.1910 [August 13, 1800], Napoleon Bonaparte, The Corsican: a Diary of Napoleon's Life in his Own Words, trans. Robert Matteson Johnston, Houghton Mifflin, pg. 144-145
- Synonyms:
- ultramontanist, curialist, popist, Romist
- From the other side of a mountain range, particularly the Alps.
- He was slenderly provided with means for his ultramontane journey; and he resolved to save all he could in Italy, that he might not be restricted when among foreigners.1835, Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men, volume 2, pages 263–264
- A march of about forty miles from Sohar up wadys, with intermittent water in their beds, brought his party to the frontier of the Batina, and by a low pass (i860 feet) it crossed the dividing ridge into the ultramontane province, Dahira.1905, David George Hogarth, The Penetration of Arabia: a Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula, Alston Rivers, page 231
- Synonyms:
- transmontane
- Antonyms:
- cismontane
Noun
ultramontane (plural ultramontanes)
ultramontane meaning in Tamil and Bengali
ultramontane in Tamil
- ஆல்ப்ஸ் மலைத்தொடருக்குத் தெற்கில், வாழ்பவர், போப்பின் மீயுரிமைக் கோட்பாடு சார்ந்த
ultramontane in Bengali
- পোপের সর্বোচ্চ কর্তৃত্বকে সমর্থনকারী, প্রচারকারী, বিশেষত আল্পস পর্বতমালা থেকে
Synonyms of ultramontane
Antonyms
Forms of ultramontane
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ultramontane |
| superlative | most ultramontane |
| Noun | |
| plural | ultramontanes |
Origin of ultramontane
Borrowed from Middle French ultramontain, from Late Latin ultramontanus.
Questions about ultramontane
- What does ultramontane mean?
- Ultramontane means promoting the supremacy of the Pope.
- What is ultramontane in Tamil?
- Ultramontane in Tamil is ஆல்ப்ஸ் மலைத்தொடருக்குத் தெற்கில், வாழ்பவர், போப்பின் மீயுரிமைக் கோட்பாடு சார்ந்த. See Ultramontane meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ultramontane?
- Ultramontane can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near ultramontane in the dictionary
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