ultramontane

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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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)

Borrowed from Middle French ultramontain, from Late Latin ultramontanus.

From its ultramontane, tyrannical, liberticidal fury, it will be thought the organ of Rome. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
Anyhow, none of our young nobles, when at home, seemed to live in the noble Faubourg across the river, and there were no clericals or ultramontanes among us, high or low--we were all red, white, and blue in equal and impartial combination. — The Martian: A Novel, George Du Maurier
He took very little part in the theological quarrels of the moment, and maintained silence on questions in which Church and State were implicated; but if he had been strongly pressed, it seems that he would have been found to be an ultramontane rather than a gallican. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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