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Definition of Ultramantanism
Ultramontanism, name given to extreme views in the matter of the
prerogatives and authority of the Pope, so called in France as prevailing
on the other side of the Alps.
- Wikipedia
Ul`tra*mon"ta*nism (?), n. [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.
Ul`tra*mon"ta*nism (?), n. [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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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