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Webster 1913 Edition
Ultramontanism
Ulˊtra-mon′ta-nism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
ultramontanisme
.] The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope’s supremacy; – so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; – rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf.
Gallicanism
.