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| | | tramontane | (n) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean, Syn. tramontana | | tramontane | (adj) on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker), Syn. transmontane, Ant. cismontane | | tramontane | (adj) being or coming from another country | | ultramontane | (n) a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline) | | ultramontane | (adj) of or relating to ultramontanism | | cisalpine | (adj) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps, Syn. ultramontane | | transalpine | (adj) on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps), Syn. ultramontane |
| | Tramontane | a. [ OF. tramontain, It. tramontano, L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis, mountain. ] Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. See Ultramontane. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tramontane | n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ultramontane | a. [ LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See Ultra-, and Mountain. ] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ultramontane | n. 1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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