mont-, mount-
(Latin: mountain, hill)
ultramontane
1. Situated beyond the mountains.
2. Relating to people or regions lying beyond the mountains, especially the Alps.
3. Coming from or lying beyond mountains; especially, beyond the Alps as viewed from ancient Rome.
4. Supporting the power and authority of the pope within the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Relating to people or regions lying beyond the mountains, especially the Alps.
3. Coming from or lying beyond mountains; especially, beyond the Alps as viewed from ancient Rome.
4. Supporting the power and authority of the pope within the Roman Catholic Church.
ultramontanism
ultramontanist
ultramontanistic
A reference to the advocacy of the supremacy of the papacy and the papal system, in opposition to those favoring national churches and the authority of church councils.
Vermont
More "mountain" words at this oro-, oreo- unit.