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a. [ Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain. ] On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. inter- + L. montanus belonging to a mountain, fr. mons, montis, mountain. ] Between mountains; as, intermontane soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mountain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. montanus, fr. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n. ] Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic Mon`ta*nis"tic*al a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., prop., mounting, fr. monter to mount, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount. ] 1. (Fencing) An upward thrust or blow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile. [ R. ] See Stile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ F. ] (Hort.) Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Rodomontade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Rodomontador. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n. ] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who boasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rodomontade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rodomontadist. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Tramontane. ] (Meteor.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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 ]

n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who upholds ultramontanism. [ 1913 Webster ]