ULTRAMONTANE
Scrabble letter values: U1L1T1R1A1M3O1N1T1A1N1E1 = 14
Definition
- noun a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline).
- adjective of or relating to ultramontanism.
- adjective on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps). — synonyms: transalpine
- adjective on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps. — synonyms: cisalpine
Examples
- “ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium”
- “Cracow was a transalpine university”
- “ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps”