(adj) on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker), Syn. transmontane, Ant. cismontane, Example:the transmontane section of the state; tramontane winds

tramontane

(adj) being or coming from another country, Example:tramontane influences

ultramontane

(n) a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)

ultramontane

(adj) of or relating to ultramontanism

ultramontanism

(n) (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope

cisalpine

(adj) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps, Syn. ultramontane, Example:ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps

common sage

(n) shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb, Syn. ramona, Salvia officinalis

governor's plum

(n) small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums, Syn. Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, ramontchi, batoko palm, governor plum

jimenez

(n) Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958), Syn. Juan Ramon Jimenez

jimsonweed

(n) intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits, Syn. apple of Peru, Datura stramonium, common thorn apple, Jamestown weed, jimson weed

lully

(n) Spanish philosopher (1235-1315), Syn. Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully

pius vii

(n) Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823), Syn. Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti, Barnaba Chiaramonti

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, Example:ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium; Cracow was a transalpine university

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Stramonium

n. [ NL.; Cf. F. stramoine. ] (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stramony

n. (Bot.) Stramonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tramontana

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

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 ]

Ultramontanism

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 ]

Ultramontanist

n. One who upholds ultramontanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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