Synonyms of the word ultramontane


ULTRAMONTANECISALPINE - CISMONTANE - POLICY - TRAMONTANE - TRANSALPINE - TRANSMONTANE

ultramontane

  • adj. (theology) Respecting the supremacy of the Pope.
  • adj. From the other side of a mountain range, particularly the Alps.
  • n. Someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope.

cisalpine

  • adj. On this side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the south side).

cismontane

  • adj. From this side of the mountains.
  • adj. Favoring French control over local church matters in conflicts with the Pope.

policy

  • n. (obsolete) The art of governance; political science.
  • n. (obsolete) A state; a polity.
  • n. (obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.
  • n. (obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.
  • n. A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed…
  • n. Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
  • n. (now rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
  • n. (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
  • n. (obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.
  • v. (transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
  • n. (law).
  • n. (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn…
  • n. A number pool lottery.

tramontane

  • adj. From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps).
  • adj. foreign.
  • adj. a classical name for the north wind.
  • n. One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.

transalpine

  • adj. On the other side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the north side).

transmontane

  • adj. Of or relating to the other side of the mountains.

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