ultramontane


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ultramontane /ˌʌltrəˈmɒnteɪn/
adjective
  • 1 advocating supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline. Compare with Gallican.
  • 2 situated on the other side of the Alps from the point of view of the speaker.
noun an advocate of supreme papal authority.
– derivatives
ultramontanism noun.
– origin C16 (denoting a representative of the Roman Catholic Church north of the Alps): from med. L. ultramontanus, from L. ultra ‘beyond’ + mons, mont- ‘mountain’.
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