ultramontanism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope

From ultramontane + -ism, after French ultramontanisme.

It’s not simply Ultramontanism, it’s arch-Ultramontanism! — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
On seeing this joyous fellow, with a paunch like Silenus, one could not help asking how it was, that he had not drowned in wine, a hundred times over, the gall, bile, and venom which flowed from his pamphlets against the enemies of Ultramontanism, and how his Catholic beliefs could float upwards in the midst of these mad excesses of drink and dancing. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue

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