Dictionary Check: ultramontane
"ultramontane" is a valid word!
Scrabble
14
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Words with Friends
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Definition
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)
Example:
"ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"
adjective
on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
Example:
"ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
noun
a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
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