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Meaning Of Ultramontanism
n.
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.